“Is it too much to ask that television give our daughters (and our future colleagues) at least one woman worth emulating?”

Those were the closing words of a column I wrote in 1998 — in another era — titled “A Role Model We Can Live Without,” about Fox’s “Ally McBeal.” For you youngsters who don’t remember it, “Ally McBeal” featured Calista Flockhart as a ditzy, waiflike, inappropriately dressed young lawyer who cried, tripped and tantrumed her way through her career.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]