While Gov. Tom Wolf’s “stay-at-home” shutdown order allows for some exceptions for certain lawyers and law firms to continue business operations, all area courthouses are effectively closed, except for certain emergency circumstances. As a result, thousands of Philadelphia area litigants will have to defer unleashing their brilliant opening statements and razor sharp cross examinations and settle for using leading questions to determine who left the dirty dishes in the sink, and turning bedtime routines into an address on the unintended effects of not brushing your teeth.

For those attorneys craving the courtroom setting, rather than turning the family room into the Peoples Court, the members of the Young Lawyer Editorial Board offer their suggestions as to some of the best examples of courtroom performances in movies and television: