The Young Lawyers is an American

United States

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 legal drama

Legal drama

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 that was aired on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 network as part of its 1970-71

1970-71 United States network television schedule

This was the television schedule on all three United States commercial television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1970. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with a few exceptions, such as Monday Night Football....

 lineup.

Plot

Aaron Silverman is part of a group of young, idealistic students at a top Boston law school who open a legal aid center, the "Neighborhood Law Office," to help the poor. As these young students have not yet been admitted to the bar

Bar (law)

Bar in a legal context has three possible meanings: the division of a courtroom between its working and public areas; the process of qualifying to practice law; and the legal profession.-Courtroom division:...

, they receive guidance from established Boston lawyer David Barrett.

Cast

• Lee J. Cobb
  Lee J. Cobb
  Lee J. Cobb was an American actor. He is best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront and one of his last films, The Exorcist...
  
   as David Barrett
• Zalman King
  Zalman King
  Zalman King is an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His directing and writing productions are known for incorporating erotica as a centerpiece to plots which are nevertheless about greater issues.-Acting:As a young man in 1963 he played a gang member on Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
  
   as Aaron Silverman
• Judy Pace
  Judy Pace
  Judy Lenteen Pace is an American stage and screen actress.-Career Biography:Pace became a familiar face in the 1970s on both the big and small screen, appearing in popular blaxploitation movies and popular television shows. She played a character on the soap opera One Life to Live...
  
   as Pat Walters
• Phillip Clark as Chris Blake
• Barbara Streisand as Butch "Blue" Finkelstein
• Gary Busey
  Gary Busey
  William Gary Busey , best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in a large variety of films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage...
  
   as Dirk Kingsmead

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Recipient
1971	Golden Globe Award Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...	Nominated	Best TV Show - Drama	-
			Best Supporting Actor - Television	Zalman King
	American Cinema Editors		Best Edited Television Program	Joseph Dervin (For episode "The Glass Prison")