Fordham University School of Law - Fordham Law in Popular Culture

Fordham Law in Popular Culture

• The main character in Christopher Buckley's novel Supreme Courtship is a Fordham Law alumna. The Fordham Law dean and two faculty members volunteered as editorial consultants and reviewed early drafts of the book; they were Dean William Michael Treanor, and Thane Rosenbaum and Benjamin Zipursky.
• George Clooney's title character in the film Michael Clayton (2007) is a graduate of Fordham Law.
• The father in the movie Little Manhattan wears a Fordham Law t-shirt.
• In the Robert De Niro film, The Good Shepherd, John Turturro plays a CIA operative who is a graduate of Fordham Law.
• The film Rounders was written by two Fordham Law alumni and the fictional law school in the film was intended to have the look and feel of Fordham Law. Several Fordham-specific references are also made in the film (Mulligan Moot Competition).
• Frank Rossitano, a character on the NBC show 30 Rock, attended Fordham Law for a semester, but had to drop out when his mother became ill.
• Jamie Foxx's character in Law Abiding Citizen is a graduate of the Fordham Law School Evening Division.
• Michael J. Fox's character in the TV sitcom Spin City is a Fordham Law graduate. Many references are made through the show.