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* ''[[Sister, Sister]]'': When Tia accuses twin sister Tamera of distributing copies of her diary to fellow classmates, she takes her to Student Court. But the episode soon focuses on two yuksters who fail to take the concept seriously and turn the matter into one big joke. It isn't long before those two students are exposed as the culprits ... and the principal has a long, stern talk with them about the judicial process and why matters heard in Student Court aren't fun and games.

* ''[[Afterschool Special|CBS Schoolbreak Special]]'': The 1985 episode "Student Court" focused on the workings of a high school student court – students who assist the administration with conflict resolution and interpretation of school policy. This student court takes on another dimension: determining what punishment, if any, a teen-aged girl accused of shoplifting should face.

* The ''[[Farscape]]'' episode "Dream A Little Dream" has Zhaan framed for murder on a planet whose [[Planet of Hats|hat]] is that 90% of them are lawyers. Rygel and Chiana have to defend her.

* ''[[Leverage]]'' has two of these:

** In "The Lost Heir Job", the team takes on a client who's entangled in a probate case; Nate ends up playing a [[Large Ham]] shyster from Vegas.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' does this quite a bit:

*** "The Menagerie" prominently features Spock being court-martialed for stealing the ''Enterprise''. He did it, but apparently he has [[Hero Insurance]].

*** "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1/E20 Court Martial|Court Martial]]": Captain Kirk is accused of negligently causing the death of a crewman and perjury.

*** "Wolf in the Fold." Scotty is accused of multiple acts of murder and Captain Kirk effectively acts as his defense attorney. The start of [[Boston Legal|Denny Crane]]'s career, no doubt.

*** In "The Measure of a Man", Picard tries to establish the precedent that Data is legally human, with Riker forced by the Starfleet legal system into arguing against him.

*** "The Drumhead" is centered around a court-martial about sabotage aboard the ''Enterprise'', eventually devolving to a witch-hunt for supposed traitors (while the "sabotage" was merely faulty equipment).

*** "Devil's Due." Picard must prove that an alien being is not the Devil. Data acts as the arbitrator in charge of hearing the case.

*** "A Matter of Perspective." Riker is accused of murdering an alien scientist. His trial includes holographic re-creations of events based on witness testimony.

*** "Dax" looks like it's going to center around the question of whether Jadzia and Curzon [[The Nth Doctor|Dax]] are considered the same person under Bajoran law, much as "The Measure of a Man" centers around the question of whether Data is considered human under Federation law. {{spoiler|In the end, Curzon [[Clear Their Name|gets exonerated]], so it doesn't matter.}}

*** "Tribunal", in which [[The Chew Toy|O'Brien]] is tried as a terrorist on Cardassia, is more of a [[Kangaroo Court]]room Episode.

*** "Rules of Engagement" is about an attempt to extradite Worf to the Klingon empire; Sisko defends him.

* In the rebooted ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'':

** Most of "Crossroads" (the season 3 finale) is taken up by Baltar's trial for treason. Apollo ends up playing lawyer; Adama is randomly selected to be one of the judges.

* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' has one episode where [[Green Lantern]] stands trial for blowing up a planet. Flash is his lawyer. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': "Plankton vs. Krabs."

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'': "Keeper of the Reaper." [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Fred Fredburger, yes!]]

* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' episode "Trial of the Monarch" has the Monarch as the defendant, acting as his own lawyer. He doesn't care for having the jury described as his "peers."

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