Top 24 Legal Korean Dramas About Law & Corruption

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Their storyline is great, the cinematography is excellent, songs (OSTs) are heart-soothing, acting is top-notch & they are available in different genres like action, thriller, romance, horror, and many more.

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Legal Korean Dramas

If you are a fan of law or investigation & are looking for a series that is based on legal issues, Kdramas have been made in the legal genre too. Here are some of the best legal dramas.

Legal Kdramas look upon the prosecution services, the law of South Korea, the corruptions & the power of the higher-up people. The best thing about these dramas is that they are fast-paced & have plot twists.

1. The Devil Judge

The drama is set in a dystopic version of Korea. Three judges work together to bring justice and peace through a courtroom live show that airs on TV. Kang Yo Han, a cruel head trial judge, is made the chief judge.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Ji Sung as Kang Yo Han
• Kim Min Jung as Jung Sun Ah
• Park Jin Young as Kim Ga On
• Park Gyu Young as Yoon Soo Hyun

No. Of Episodes: 16 (75 min. each)

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2. Military Prosecutor Doberman

The story of Do Bae Man, who became a military prosecutor for money and fame, but is looking forward to his retirement, and Cha Woo In, who was born into a chaebol family and became a military prosecutor for payback.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Ahn Bo Hyun as Do Bae Man
• Jo Bo Ah as Cha Woo In
• Oh Yeon Soo as Noh Hwa Young
• Kim Young Min as Yong Moon Goo

No. Of Episodes: 16 (65 min. each)

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3. Defendant

Park Jung Woo is a lawyer who has lost his memory and finds out that he is already on death row. He has no choice but to race against time to find out what caused his situation and prove that he is not guilty.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Ji Sung as Park Jung Woo
• Uhm Ki Joon as Cha Sun Ho
• Kwon Yu Ri as Seo Eun Hye
• Oh Chang Seok as Kang Joon Hyuk

No. Of Episodes: 18 (70 min. each)

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4. Stranger

Hwang Shi Mok, a prosecutor finds him in a murder case. He meets Police Lieutenant Yeo Jin at a murder crime scene. They work together to wipe out corruption at the prosecutor’s office and solve a serial murder case.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Jo Seung Woo as Hwang Shi Mok
• Bae Doo Na as Han Yeo Jin
• Lee Joon Hyuk as Seo Dong Jae
• Shin Hye Sun as Young Eun Soo

No. Of Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)

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5. Law School

Set in Hankuk University Law School, the drama tells the story of students and professors in the law school who come across an unusual case. A professor is arrested as a suspect & his students work together to reveal the truth.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Kim Myung Min as Yang Jong Hoon
• Kim Bum as Han Joon Hwi
• Ryu Hye Young as Kang Sol
• Lee Jung Eun as Kim Eun Sook

No. Of Episodes: 16 (65 min. each)

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6. Partners For Justice

Baek Beom is an excellent forensic doctor working for 10 years, but does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a bright personality and comes from a wealthy family. They both try to catch a serial killer.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Jung Jae Young as Baek Beom
• Jung Yoo Mi as Eun Sol
• Lee Yi Kyung as Cha Soo Ho
• Park Eun Seok as Kang Hyun

No. Of Episodes: 32 (35 min. each)

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7. I Hear Your Voice

Hye Sung becomes a lawyer & comes to a realization about society and justice after meeting Soo Ha, a boy who reads other people’s thoughts, and Kwan Woo, an innocent lawyer who lives a disciplined life. Together they solve the toughest cases.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Lee Jong Suk as Park Soo Ha
• Lee Bo Young as Jang Hye Sung
• Yoon Sang Hyun as Cha Kwan Woo
• Lee Da Hee as Seo Do Yeon

No. Of Episodes: 18 (60 min. each)

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8. One Ordinary Day

The drama looks at the criminal justice system through the eyes of a college student who is suddenly the main suspect in a woman’s murder case and a lawyer who just barely passed the bar test and is trying to help him.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Kim Soo Hyun as Kim Hyun Soo
• Cha Seung Won as Shin Joong Han
• Lee Seol as Seo Soo Jin
• Yang Kyung Won as Park Doo Shik

No. Of Episodes: 8 (70 min. each)

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9. Class Of Lies

A murder case brings down a lawyer who usually wins a lot of cases. To get his honour back, he gets a temporary job as a teacher at the high school connected to the case. He begins to witness the crimes that take place & tries to protect victims from their peers.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Yoon Kyun Sang as Gi Moo Hyuk
• Geum Sae Rok as Ha So Hyun
• Lee Jun Young as Yoo Beom Jin
• Choi Yoo Hwa as Cha Hyun Jung

No. Of Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)

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10. Hyena

Lawyers Yoon Hee Jae and Jung Geum Ja work for the top 1% of society. Geum Ja is an attorney who only wants money. She does whatever it takes to win her fights. Hee Jae is a very smart and confident lawyer who is at the top of his field.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Joo Ji Hoon as Yoon Hee Jae
• Kim Hye Soo as Jung Geum Ja
• Lee Kyung Young as Song Pil Joong
• Kim Ho Jung as Kim Min Joo

No. Of Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)

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11. Bad Prosecutor

The story is about a lawyer named Jin Jung who is armed with bad manners and bad behavior. He sometimes uses quick actions and tricks to get things done. He will stand up for the weak and fight against the wicked for justice.

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• Doh Kyung Soo as Jin Jung
• Lee Se Hee as Shin Ah Ra
• Ha Joon as Oh Do Hwan
• Joo Bo Young as Baek Eun Ji

No. Of Episodes: 12 (60 min. each)

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12. Juvenile Justice

The newly appointed judge of a juvenile court is a judge who despises young offenders. Being a victim of juvenile crime when she was younger, she deals with many cases involving children and learns what it takes to be an adult.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Kim Hye Soo as Shim Eun Seok
• Kim Mu Yeol as Cha Tae Joo
• Lee Sung Min as Kang Won Joong
• Lee Jung Eun as Na Geun Hee

No. Of Episodes: 10 (62 min. each)

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13. One Dollar Lawyer

Cheon Ji Hun is a lawyer who charges only 1,000 won (approximately $0.75) for his service, but he is one of the most skilled lawyers around. He isn’t afraid of facing off against the rich and powerful who use expensive lawyers to escape the law.

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• Namkoong Min as Cheon Ji Hoon
• Kim Ji Eun as Baek Ma Ri
• Choi Dae Hoon as Seo Min Hyuk
• Lee Deok Hwa as Baek Hyun Moo

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Disney+

14. Suspicious Partner

Ji Wook is a perfect prosecutor. Bong Hee is a trainee and assigned to work under him. They work together on a mysterious case involving a psychopath murderer. As they’re working as a team, they develop affection between them.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Ji Chang Wook as Noh Ji Wook
• Nam Ji Hyun as Eun Bong Hee
• Choi Tae Joon as Ji Eun Hyuk
• Kwon Na Ra as Cha Yoo Jung

No. Of Episodes: 40 (30 min. each)

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15. Lawless Lawyer

The Lawless Law Firm is made up of Sang Pil, a former gangster turned lawyer who wants to get revenge for his mother, and Jae Yi, a lawyer with a good reputation. Together, they use the law to fight for justice against a corrupt judge and her associates.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Lee Joon Gi as Bong Sang Pil
• Seo Yea Ji as Ha Jae Yi
• Lee Hye Young as Cha Moon Sook
• Choi Min Soo as Ahn Oh Joo

No. Of Episodes: 16 (65 min. each)

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16. Confession

When Do Hyun was a boy, he had a heart disease. He spent most of his childhood in a hospital. He miraculously had a chance for a heart transplant. Right after the heart transplant, his father was accused of murder. To investigate his father’s case, he now works as a lawyer.

Cast –

• Lee Jun Ho as Choi Do Hyun
• Shin Hyun Bin as Ha Yoo Ri
• Yoo Jae Myung as Gi Chun Ho
• Nam Ki Ae as Madame Jin

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Free Streaming Sites

17. Welcome 2 Life

The story about a selfish lawyer who helps people who want to take advantage of the law. One day he enters into a parallel universe due to an unfortunate accident and begins to live a completely new life as an upright prosecutor.

Cast –

• Rain as Lee Jae Sang
• Im Ji Yeon as Ra Shi On
• Kwak Shi Yang as Goo Dong Taek
• Seo Hye Rin as Woo Young Ye

No. Of Episodes – 32

Watch On – Viki

18. Doctor Lawyer

The drama is about a genius surgeon who becomes a medical malpractice lawyer after losing everything from a fabricated surgery and a prosecutor in the medical crime division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

Cast –

• So Ji Sub as Han Yi Han
• Shin Sung Rok as Jayden Lee
• Im Soo Hyang as Geum Seok Young
• Lee Joo Bin as Im Yu Na

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Disney+

19. May It Please The Court

The drama depicts two lawyers Noh Chak Hee, who is merciless with a 92% win rate and Jwa Si Baek who’s into water and fire. They are forced to work together after they uncover a series of conspiracies that will derail their cases.

Cast –

• Jung Ryeo Won as Noh Chak Hee
• Lee Kyu Hyung as Jwa Si Baek
• Jung Jin Young as Jang Ki Do
• Kim Hye Eun as Oh Ha Ran

No. Of Episodes – 12

Watch On – Disney+

20. Solomon’s Perjury

On Christmas night, a student died after falling off the roof of the school. The police decided that he had killed himself. Later, the students decide to hold a trial at school to find out what really happened. At the trial, ugly truths about the case come out.

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Main Cast (Characters):

• Kim Hyun Soo as Ko Seo Yeon
• Jang Dong Yoon as Han Ji Hoon
• Seo Ji Hoon as Bae Joon Young
• Seo Young Joo as Lee So Woo

No. Of Episodes: 12 (60 min. each)

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21. Diary of a Prosecutor

The stories of overworked prosecutors’ daily lives in the fictional city of Jinyoung, South Korea. Sun Woong works as a prosecutor & appears to be relaxed. Myung Joo is an elite prosecutor who is sent to a branch office.

Cast –

• Lee Sun Kyun as Lee Sun Woong
• Jung Ryeo Won as Cha Myung Joo
• Lee Sung Jae as Jo Min Ho
• Lee Sang Hee as Oh Yoon Jin

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Viki

22. Suits

A well-known corporate lawyer at a prestigious firm takes a chance by hiring a high school dropout who studied for and passed the bar exam under a fake name but doesn’t have a law degree but is always creative to help him with high-stakes cases.

Cast –

• Jang Dong Gun as Choi Kang Seok
• Park Hyung Sik as Go Yun Woo
• Jin Hee Kyung as Kang Ha Yun
• Chae Jung An as Hong Da Ham

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Netflix

23. Extraordinary Attorney Woo

The drama is about a brilliant 27-year-old lawyer with Asperger’s syndrome. She graduated from Seoul National University for both college and law school. However, she still finds herself struggling when it comes to social interactions.

Cast –

• Park Eun Bin as Woo Young Woo
• Kang Tae Oh as Lee Joon Ho
• Kang Ki Young as Jung Myung Seok
• Jeon Bae Soo as Woo Gwang Ho

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Netflix

24. Miss Hammurabi

Park Cha Oh Reum is a newly appointed judge. She is always on the lookout for injustice and can profoundly empathize with others. Compared to her Ba Reun is a cool-headed man of principle and he is displeased with her who is sympathetic when it comes to cases.

Cast –

• Go Ah Ra as Park Cha Oh Reum
• Kim Myung Soo as Im Ba Reun
• Sung Dong Il as Han Se Sang
• Ryu Deok Hwan as Jung Bo Wang

No. Of Episodes – 16

Watch On – Netflix, Viki

Wrapping Up

So, these were the top law dramas that you can start watching now. They are thrilling, suspenseful, and somewhat funny that will teach you some lessons. Let the game of binge-watch begin.

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