Hankuk University Law School students are working together in an organized mock trial to defend Professor Yang who has been accused of killing one of their classmates. Kang Sol A is one such student who dedicates himself to studying to become a lawyer.
Assemblyman Ko receives numerous online comments that are extremely defamatory of him from an anonymous group of incels, prompting him to contact police for a search and seizu.
Who is Kang Sol A?
Ryu Hye-young (Sung Bora in Reply 1988) plays Kang Sol A, a first-year law student admitted through special admission and Ye-seul’s best friend. Although not particularly adept academically, Sol A strives hard to do well in her classes.
Though she lacks the capabilities necessary for the task at hand, she’s a good person who is always willing to assist others. Her sense of justice drives her desire to help the underdog; in her free time she enjoys creating chaos! Occasionally she engages in some mischief-making herself.
She meets up with Professor Yang and discloses her secret; it turns out to be far more complex than she expected, including being an ex-delinquent who spent some time in juvenile detention. Professor Yang and their study group are stunned by this news and decide they want to help clear her name by clearing away her past misdeeds.
Yang leaves, but Sol A decides to take matters into her own hands. She threatens Ko that if he doesn’t delete the video he uploaded about her, she’ll post one herself which says her accusations and letter against him are baseless and false.
As she tried to convince Ko, she called on Joon Hwi and Park Geun-tae for assistance. Together they discovered an incel room behind malicious comments towards Ko, raided their hideout, then presented evidence against Ko and his team to the police.
Law School episode 15 takes a deep dive into victim blaming as Sol A’s sister is treated unfairly. Assemblyman Ko shows his disdain for the students by publishing news about them; Assemblyman Ko also reveals Ji-ho’s father committed suicide after being charged with embezzlement; Ji-ho and Joon Hwi are now more determined than ever to hold Prosecutor Jin accountable for what she has done; Han Joon Hwi is an army prosecutor looking forward to returning civilian life but some higher up in military chain won’t let him return easily despite wanting his services career resumed – Han Joon Hwi wants out; however some in authority won’t let him return but some within military ranks refuse allowing this return with them holding tight on military chain who won’t let go easily enough of some people.
Who is Kang Dan?
Kang Dan rose to stardom after winning Mnet’s Produce 101 reality show in 2017. As an instant celebrity and member of boy band Wanna One shortly thereafter. Since then he has experienced great solo success; his first extended play (EP), Color on Me, reached #1 on Gaon Album Chart upon its release in 2019. With that success came Cyan and Magenta EPs following soon afterwards from his Color Series EP series in 2020 and 2021 respectively.
Kang Sol A is an amazing law student and tireless humanitarian, often helping those around her and landing herself a prestigious firm job through her philanthropy. Furthermore, she’s a staunch supporter of female representation in legal practice; especially as lawyers. Her goal is to demonstrate that female lawyers can do just as good a job as men — although this puts her reputation in jeopardy when involved in cases involving corrupt politicians.
At her court testimony preparation session, Kang Sol A receives an unexpected phone call from an unrecognizable number and discovers it belongs to her sister. Kang Sol A confronts her sister and learns it belonged to Assemblyman Ko. Kang Sol A agrees with this request from her sister; Kang Sol A deletes any malicious comments against her sister from online platforms like social media.
However, things become further complicated when Assemblyman Ko learns of malicious comments against Kang Sol A and arrives with police at Professor Yang’s office with them to arrest Professor Yang for them. It turns out this plan had been organized between Assemblyman Ko and Kang Dan; malicious comments against Sol A are deleted before their entire incident is played out as planned. Meanwhile Han Joon-hwi discovers where calls are coming from but before taking any actions – students turn off their phones for a brief dialogue with Kang Sol A and Professor Yang before switching them off once more for another brief dialogue before finally closing with Kang Sol A asking her mentor for assistance from Professor Yang in her hour of need.
Who is Han Joon Hwi?
Han Joon Hwi is the nephew of Seo Byung Joo, a deceased professor. As one of Kang Sol A’s star pupils, he utilizes his investigative abilities to unearth evidence against Ko. Together with his classmates, they uncover proof of Ko’s guilt.
But now Assemblyman Ko is under attack from all sides. Someone uploaded a video showing Assemblyman Ko and Yeong-chang fake crying during their friend’s funeral service; Joon-hwi discovered where all these malicious comments are coming from and alerted police; all this is part of an elaborate plot by Prosecutor Jin and her allies to bring down Assemblyman Ko and bring down Prosecutor Jin; it seems to be working.
Joon-hwi and Sol-A are working side by side at the legal clinic. She’s grateful to him for everything he’s done; however, she’s not keen on starting dating again since this would mean starting from scratch.
She overhears Joon-hwi telling Sol-B that he only helped her because it’s his responsibility, which causes her to leave quickly; Joon-hwi follows and teases her about how upset she became by this admission.
Later on, while they are preparing their mock trial, Sol-A is called into the room. She quickly realizes that the person offering to bribe her is also the same one who falsely accused her father for embezzlement; thus calling him out.
Joon-hwi is unhappy about this development and attempts to stop him, but he tells her the best way to address it is to find who did it; then she will know who should take responsibility.
The rest of this episode focuses on an investigation. Seo Ji Ho, Joon-hwi’s classmate’s son and an eldest son with an agenda who seeks to unmask a hidden truth while trying to clear his father’s name has an agenda of his own to reveal. Unfortunately, an old prosecutor that Seo worked with previously is holding him back from doing this; using their skills and connections, students work towards uncovering it all.
Who is Professor Yang?
Professor Yang is an uncompromising law school professor renowned for his strict and no-nonsense approach. Unfortunately, however, Professor Yang gained many adversaries as a prosecutor due to making some questionable decisions which led directly to one colleague’s death; thus placing Professor Yang as the main suspect.
He continues to teach his students and assist in improving their legal analysis and advocacy abilities, hosting mock trials to inspire creative thinking from law school students as well as hosting mock trials that provide an educational insight into the judicial system and help develop their abilities.
As the series progresses, we gain more insight into Professor Yang and his past. He hides many secrets, including having a daughter named Ye Seul who has suffered trauma due to being abused by Assemblyman Ko and has even turned to self-mutilation in order to cope with her memories.
Professor Yang attempts to assist Ye Seul in recovering and moving forward with her life, yet she refuses to open up about it. To encourage her, Professor Yang uses his famed “Yangcrates” method of direct examination during a mock trial: this involves questioning witnesses while asking if they have any answers for each query posed to them.
Surprisingly, Assemblyman Ko can also be seen in the video that was shot by students. In it he apologizes for failing to raise his son properly while promising legislation against dating abuses and claims his opponents are engaging in political smear campaigns against him.
Kang Sol A, seeing this, approaches Professor Yang and asks him to stop supporting Assemblyman Ko and allow her sister to focus on her studies and graduate law school. Additionally, she requests him delete any videos against him or she will expose them publicly on social media. Professor Yang doesn’t appreciate her demands but tells her that they must protect their family.
