History Series / AllRise

%%** ''Fool For Liv'' gives us a [[{{Jerkass}} Adam Pyrce]] who plays this trope straight and to the hilt. Among his tactics is trying to influence, later intimidate the jury, using the press to paint his leaking%%As what? There seems to be something missing here.

* ThatWasObjectionable: Most of the time the lawyers really do have a reason for the objections given. The only time this trope comes into play is when it involves a rookie lawyer who so new to court that she uses a cheat-sheet and reasons for objections.

* TheJudge: Lola Charmichael begins the series as [=LA's=] first black woman judge which she sees as an opportunity to implement social changes, primarily by being fair and reasonable rather than aloof and indifferent as they're usually portrayed.

[[caption-width-right:216:[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure ...for the honorable]] [[TheJudge Lola Charmichael]]]]

* TokenMinorityCouple: Emily, a Latina, gets together with Luke, a black male, early on in the series. When season 2 rolls around, they are taking a break due to issues caused by the Black Lives Matter movements back in July, but they still care about each other greatly.

* CluelessAesop: When one of Emily's clients dies of Covid-19 while her case is pending, Emily gets fed up and tells the DA's Office that she's taking every case to trial until they start offering better deals. It seems like the writers were trying to make a statement about the criminal justice system, but there are two problems with this course of action: 1) forcing every case to trial would cause her clients to spend more time in jail until their cases are resolved, which is the very problem she was upset about in the first place; but more importantly 2) defense attorneys can't reject plea offers, attorneys have an obligation to convey offers to their clients and clients have the sole power to decide whether to accept it. The fact that Emily wasn't fired and disbarred for rejecting a prosecutor's offers on her own is pure HollywoodLaw.

* LawProcedural: The series is focused on the day-to-day work of Judge Lois Carmichael in the LA County Superior Court, along with the prosecutors and defense attorney who appear before her, somewhat delving into their personal lives. The show goes out of its way to avert and subvert many of the usual tropes associated with the genre though.

* NeverMyFault: When the DA's Office gets a recording of Emily, her client, and a third person, Emily spends the entire episode on [[SoapboxSadie her soapbox]], calling it an outrage that the DA's Office would eavesdrop on a lawyer's conversation with a client. She never admits, or is called out on the fact, that the DA's Office wouldn't have been able to use the recording if it wasn't for her sloppy attempt at LoopholeAbuse.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Lola and Mark are this. The two have been friends for years since law school and always have each others' back, but they never show anything more than platonic, probably due to Lola being HappilyMarried and Mark in a devoted relationship.
* RealityEnsues: Emily advocating for a fair trial for her cases would usually be seen in a good light in other {{Law Procedural}}s. Problem is, she only adds more to the backlog of cases that could easily be done away with a signature, thus causing even more trouble at the DA's office. Season 2 hits hard on this, as it deals with the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic.

** The crux of the show centers on Lola being this as oppose to her viewpoint that all judges are out of touch and unsympathetic to the defendant as well as the victim.

* LawProcedural: Though the show goes out of its way to avert and subvert many of the usual tropes associated with the genre.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** The shelter-at-home order for Los Angeles in Spring of 2020 is the plot of ''Dancing in Los Angeles.'' The characters try to do their jobs and keep the justice system going, as the cast and crew keep the show going.
** As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the cast is seen wearing masks or plastic shields when interacting with each other. Plastic partitions are used frequently in the courtroom and around the courthouse.

* CourtroomAntics: Averted and hard. The show goes out of its way to demonstrate realistic and fair trials, harshly criticizing characters that try to pull any moves on both sides. A prime example is when Emily pays her friend to observe a trial as an "expert", only to be immediately shut down and rebuked for her behavior.

* MakeTheDogTestify: One episode revolved around two friends one of whom who owned a character in a MMORPG and the other accessing and deleting said character being charged with malicious hacking as a result. When Charmichael realizes that the victim is no more sociable as her avatar than in the real world she lets said victim testify while ''roleplaying'' as said character. [[spoiler: Unfortunately this backfires and Lola actually gets accused of trying to deliberately cause a mistrial.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The shelter-at-home order for Los Angeles in Spring of 2020 is the plot of ''Dancing in Los Angeles.'' The characters try to do their jobs and keep the justice system going, as the cast and crew keep the show going.

* SoapboxSadie: Both Emily and Lola qualify, especially the former, though it should be noted that Lola goes to great depths not to let this affect her work as a judge. Lola's mother Roxy takes it UpToEleven.

* LatinoIsBrown: Most of the Latino characters have the standard black hair and olive skin. Sara averts this by having light-skin and chestnut brown hair, attributed to her actress being half-Caucasian. Emily subverts this by having blonde highlights in her hair, but she still has the olive skin.

%%How is this an allusion?%%* ActorAllusion: Judge Albert Campbell, played by Creator/PeterMacNicol, is one of Lola's fellow judges whom she tries to strike up a friendship in the aftermath of her hearing. Campbell, while seems cynical to idea of changing the system for the better, is impressed by Charmichael's conviction and smarts to the point they're seen having lunch on occasion and having ethical debates about cases.

** ''Fool For Liv'' gives us a [[{{Jerkass}} Adam Pyrce]] who plays this trope straight and to the hilt. Among his tactics is trying to influence, later intimidate the jury, using the press to paint his leaking%%As what? There seems to be something missing here.
%%* CourtroomAntics: Averted and hard.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Charmichael doesn't make a lot of friends among her fellow judges mainly because they see her as a NaiveNewcomer and she suspects her [[spoiler: hearing is about putting her in her place. Then it's DownPlayed, possibly even {{Subverted}}, as its implied that [[SecretTestOfCharacter the judges went along with the hearing to see if she'd stick to her guns or was all talk about making the system work again]].]]

* LatinoIsBrown: All of the Latino characters have the standard black hair and olive skin.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The crux of the show centers on Lola being this as oppose to her viewpoint that all judges are out of touch and unsympathetic to the defendant as well as the victim.

* ShoutOut: Lola Charmichael's biggest hero and inspiration from her childhood is Nyota Uhura from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' .

* SoapboxSadie: Both Emily and Lola qualify. Lola's mother Roxy takes it UpToEleven.

** Mark is apparently the only Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles who prosecutes guilty people. Everyone else in the DA's Office is a {{Jerkass}} or SoreLoser that only prosecutes the wrongfully accused or people who are sympathetic enough that their technical guilt can be ignored.

* ActorSharedBackground: For ''Dancing in Los Angeles,'' the actors filmed their parts in their own homes. So sections of the characters' homes look like the actors' homes.

** Averted for the most part despite being a [[LawProcedural Legal Drama]]. The cast is made of both lawyers for the prosecutor and defense and are often show to just doing their jobs.
** ''Fool For Liv'' gives us a [[{{Jerkass}} Adam Pyrce]] who plays this trope straight and to the hilt. Among his tactics is trying to influence, later intimidate the jury, using the press to paint his leaking
* CourtroomAntics: Averted and hard.

* RealitySubtext: In ''Dancing in Los Angeles,'' the characters are all at home due to LA's mandatory shelter-in-place order in Spring of 2020, just as the actors were in real life.

* SoapboxSadie: Both Emily and Lola qualify. Lola's mother Roxy, takes it UpToEleven.

** Even though all of the judges appear to want to do the right thing and seem to be following the law, the audience is supposed to [[InformedAttribute accept as an indisputable fact]] that they are all part of the problem, and Lola alone is part of the solution.

* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: One episode had one of these in the form of a divorce lawyer taking on his first case a criminal defense lawyer... and does such a fantastically bad job at it that Lola uses a rarely used legal precedent to have him removed as the attorney and give the defendant better representation.

* ThatWasObjectionable: Most of the time the lawyers really do have a reason for the objections given. The only time this trope comes into play is when it involves a rookie lawyer who so new to court that she uses a cheat-sheet and reasons for objections.

* ActorSharedBackground: For "Dancing in Los Angeles," the actors filmed their parts in their own homes. So sections of the characters' homes look like the actors' homes.

* DancePartyEnding: Done at the end of the first season finale, "Dancing in Los Angeles," as the cast and crew dance in front of their computer cameras.

* RealitySubtext: In "Dancing in Los Angeles," the characters are all at home due to LA's mandatory shelter-in-place order in Spring of 2020, just as the actors were in real life.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Judges Jonas Laski and Albert Campbell play chess over videophone in "Dancing at Los Angeles." They start talking to the chess pieces.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The first season finale, "Dancing in Los Angeles," is VERY different. The entire episode was done "virtually" with the actors in their homes due to the 2020 quarantine. The characters communicate under video conferencing.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Judges

* ActorSharedBackground:

* RealitySubtext: In "Dancing in Los Angeles," the characters are all at home due to LA's mandatory shelter-in-place order, just as the actors were in real life,

* ActorAllusion: Judge Albert Campbell, played by Creator/PeterMacNicol, is one of Lola's fellow judges whom she tries to strike up a friendship in the aftermath of her hearing. Campbell, while seems cycnical to idea of changing the system for the better, is impressed by Charmichael's conviction and smarts to the point they're seen having lunch on occasion and having ethical debates about cases.
* AmoralAttorney: Averted for the most part despite being a [[LawProcedural Legal Drama]]. The cast is made of both lawyers for the prosecutor and defense and are often show to just doing their jobs.
** ''Fool For Liv'' gives us a [[{{Jerkass}} Adam Pyrce]] who plays this trope straight and to the hilt. Amongst his tactics is trying to influence, later intimidate the jury, using the press to paint his leaking

* CrusadingLawyer: Emily Lopez a public defender who is dedicated to helping her clients by either getting them acquitted or at least a fair sentencing as so they're not screwed by the system.
** Judge Charmichael is the logical conclusion as noted in the very first episode: after years as a persecutor, she realizes that being a judge is a bigger influencor in fixing the broken justice system.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Charmichael doesn't make a lot of friends amongst her fellow judges mainly because they see her as a NaiveNewcomer and she suspects her [[spoiler: hearing is about puttingher in her place. Then its DownPlayed, possibly even {{Subverted}}, as its implied that [[SecretTestOfCharacter the judges went along with the hearing to see if she'd stick to her guns or was all talk about making the system work again]].]]
* HangingJudge: Lola Charmichael actively works to be the {{Inversion}} of this trope. Part of the series premise is that her interest as a judge is to not only impartial but also fair to the defendants including offering reasonable sentencings.

* TheJudge: Lola Charmichael begins the series as [=LA's=] first black woman judge which she sees as an oppurtunity to implement socail changes, primarily by being fair and reasonable rather than alooft and indifferent as they're usually portrayed.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The crux of the show centers on Lola being this as oppose to her viewpoint that all judges are out of touch and unsympathetic to the defendent as well as the victim.

* MakeTheDogTestify: One episode revolved around two friends one of whom who owned a character in a MMORPG and the other accessing and deleting said character being charged with malicious hacking as a result. When Charmichael realizes that the vicitim is no socialble as her avatar than in the real-qorld lets said victim testigy while ''roleplaying'' as said character. [[spoiler: Unfortunately this backfires and Lola actually gets accused of trying to deliberately cause a mistrial.]]
* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: One episode had one of these in the form of a divorce lawyer taking on his first case a defense lawyer…and does such a fantastically bad job at it that Lola uses a rarely used legal precedent to have him removed as the attorney and give the defendant better representation.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Mark and Judge Jonas Laski; [[NoodleIncident the former had apparently said or did unsomething that makes the latter greatly enjoy needling him during court]]. Note that Laski doesn't do anything to undermine Callen, only does things such as allow a defendent, whose representing himself, to call Callen to the stand as a witness.

* ActorAllusion: Judge Albert Campbell, played by Peter [=MacNicol=], is one of Lola's fellow judges whom she tries to strike up a friendship in the aftermath of her hearing. Campbell, while seems cycnical to idea of changing the system for the better, is impressed by Charmichael's conviction and smarts to the point they're seen having lunch on occasion and having ethical debates about cases.

* MakeTheDogTestify: One episode revolved around two friends one of whom who owned a character in a MMORPG and the other accessing and deleting said character being charged with malicious hacking as a result.

* CourtroomAntics: Averted and hard as cases
* CrusadingLawyer: Emily Lopez a public defender who is dedicated to helping her clients by either getting them acquitted or at a fair sentencing.

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[[caption-width-right:300:...for the honorable Lola Charmichael]]