Law & Order is getting an NBC criminal defense attorney spinoff: Law & Order: For the Defense

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Dick Wolf is partnering with longtime CSI showrunner Carol Mendelsohn on For the Defense, which has been given a straight-to-series order. Law & Order: For the Defense will take a look inside a criminal defense firm, putting the lawyers under the microscope, along with the criminal justice system, with every week delivering the promise of a contemporary morality tale. “This new show is exciting for me personally,” Wolf said. “We spent the last 30 years on shows that played offense. Now it will be great to play defense, and being able to do it with Carol is an honor and an opportunity for both of us to do television that hasn’t been done before.”