Celebrity Justice: What We (and Our Students) Learn from Hollywood Star’s Run-ins with the Law

Authors

Alafair Burke, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra UniversityFollow
Joanna Grossman, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Findlaw's Writ

Publication Date

8-20-2007

Abstract

Lately, the public has been receiving a detailed legal education from an unlikely source - the legal run-ins of celebrities. A recent incident provides a case in point:

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on July 20, 2007, actress/tabloid sensation Lindsay Lohan walked quietly into a Beverly Hills police station to face formal arrest for DUI and misdemeanor hit-and-run. The charges were a consequence of her single-car accident over Memorial Day weekend. As is routine for first time DUI defendants, she was released on her own recognizance.

Recommended Citation

Alafair Burke and Joanna Grossman, Celebrity Justice: What We (and Our Students) Learn from Hollywood Star’s Run-ins with the Law Findlaw's Writ (2007)
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/faculty_scholarship/203