The Paper Chase
Judgment Day (aka Tenure)
Season 2, Episode 15 · Aired 1984-07-17
Synopsis
The students fear they will lose a popular professor when he becomes eligible for tenure but lacks significant publication credits.
In the series
This episode is part of The Paper Chase (1978–1979) on CBS.
Law school as blood sport — Professor Kingsfield terrifies a generation of pre-law kids.
Key cast
- John Houseman as Professor Charles Kingsfield
- James Stephens as James T. Hart
- Tom Fitzsimmons as Franklin Ford III
- James Keane as Willis Bell