rom executive producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, For the People takes a deep dive into America’s justice system.

The latest Shondaland series follows six talented young lawyers working on opposite sides of the law and handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country.

The attorneys are put to the test both personally and professionally as their lives intersect both in and out of the prestigious United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a.k.a. “The Mother Court”).

Best friends Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson) and Allison Adams (Jasmin Savoy Brown) serve as public defenders alongside Jay Simmons (Wesam Keesh) and their boss, Federal Public Defender Jill Carlan (Hope Davis).

They face off against prosecutors Seth Oliver (Ben Rappaport), Leonard Knox (Regé-Jean Page), Kate Littlejohn (Susannah Flood) and their supervisor, chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Roger Gunn (Ben Shenkman).

The lawyers are joined by Judge Nicholas Byrne (Vondie Curtis-Hall), who rules on some of the court’s most controversial cases, and Tina Krissman (Anna Deavere Smith), the formidable clerk who keeps everyone in line.

The series from ABC Studios is created by Shondaland’s Paul William Davies, who executive produces alongside Rhimes, Beers and Tom Verica. For The People premieres March 13.

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