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Netflix Brazil just stepped into the legal battlefield with its first-ever lawyer drama, Habeas Corpus, unsurprisingly leaving fans impatient for more in its wake.

The Brazilian series follows respected law professor and former criminal defence attorney Inez, who leads a wrongful-conviction review group to prove the innocence of a young man who insists he did no wrong. As her brilliant student Marina joins the group, seemingly to sharpen her skills, Inez fails to realise her favourite disciple’s hidden agenda underneath.

With Inez left with no option but to confront the ghosts of her past, Habeas Corpus shapes into a chilling legal retreat for viewers on the other end of the screen.

So, if you want more titles with a similar DNA, here are five Netflix shows to stream after the riveting drama.

Five Netflix shows to binge after Habeas Corpus

The Lincoln Lawyer (Antonio Negret and Alonso Alvarez-Barreda, 2022–2027)

The inevitable follow-up to Habeas Corpus is the fan-favourite The Lincoln Lawyer, which ends in 2027. The legal drama follows Los Angeles defence attorney Mickey Haller, an unconventional lawyer who operates from the backseat of his Lincoln SUV instead of a traditional office.

While Mickey takes the most unorthodox cases, every season focuses on a new phase of his legal deeds, underscoring his immense skills that defy textbook definitions of law. From stepping up to clear wrongful convictions to getting his ducks in a row for his highest-stakes trial yet in The Lincoln Lawyer season four, Mickey has seen the best and worst days.

And with an even grittier fifth and final instalment on the way, the show is no longer a post-viewing recommendation for Habeas Corpus, but a full-blown recap before the courtroom reopens its doors. So, don’t miss it now!

How to Get Away with Murder (Peter Nowalk, 2014–2020)

Since Habeas Corpus drags fans straight to the courtroom, it only makes sense that the post-watch party is right in front of the judges with How to Get Away with Murder.

The legal thriller follows brilliant yet ruthless defence attorney Annalise Keating, also a law professor in Philadelphia, who creates the Keating Five, a group of five top law students to work at her firm, as they get entangled in a real-life murder plot.

Over the course of six fast-paced seasons, How to Get Away with Murder centres on the Keating Five, chronicling how they repeatedly find themselves covering up accidental killings, targeted murders, and widespread institutional conspiracies.

While Habeas Corpus spotlights an eccentric, unsuspecting former criminal defence lawyer who must confront her past, Peter Nowalk’s legal drama revolves around a brutal lawyer whose past and present eventually catch up with her future.

Anatomy of a Scandal (SJ Clarkson, 2022)

Although legal dramas usually stretch across multiple seasons, Anatomy of a Scandal keeps the thrills compact in a limited-series format, making it yet another quintessential follow-up to Habeas Corpus.

The psychological thriller follows high-ranking British politician James Whitehouse, who seemingly lives an ideal family life, before turning heads with a confession of an affair with parliamentary aide Olivia Lytton. But just after the infidelity becomes public, Olivia accuses James of rape.

While James denies the charges, alleging the encounter was purely consensual, it prompts prosecutor Kate Woodcroft to take the case, convinced of James’ guilt. Anatomy of a Scandal highlights the murky boundaries of consent, memory, and differing perceptions of the same event, underscoring the major contrasts of perspectives between the women at the centre of the narrative, including the wife, the accuser, and the prosecutor.

Seven Seconds (Gavin O’Connor, Jonathan Demme, Jon Amiel, Tanya Hamilton, Coky Giedroyc, Ernest Dickerson, Ed Bianchi, Dan Attias, and Victoria Mahoney, 2018)

Habeas Corpus and Seven Seconds on Netflix have one strong narrative thread in common: institutional cover-ups.

The 2018 Netflix series follows rookie narcotics cop Pete Jablonski, who accidentally hits and critically injures 15-year-old Brenton Butler, a Black teenage cyclist, with his car. But instead of calling for help or confessing, corrupt officer Mike DiAngelo orchestrates a massive cover-up to protect the rookie and prevent backlash from the public. When Brenton dies of his injuries, assistant prosecutor KJ Harper and detective Joe Rinaldi join forces to uncover the truth surrounding the youngster’s mysterious death.

Seven Seconds centres on the intense investigation and the deep-seated corruption that follows against the backdrop of rising racial tensions in the city, prompting an incredibly volatile trial that not only leaves the grieving parents to deal with the fallout but also the implicated officers.

Law School (Kim Suk-yoon, 2021)

Lastly, we have a South Korean legal mystery series to wrap up the post-viewing marathon, titled Law School.

The series opens with a mock trial event at Hankuk University Law School, where a former chief prosecutor turned professor is unexpectedly found dead, leaving the unconventional criminal law professor Yang Jong-hoon as the primary murder suspect. But instead of taking things at face value, the top-tier students of the prestigious law college, including Han Joon-hwi and Kang Sol A, start investigating the truth themselves.

Law School revolves around the intense murder investigation that takes centre stage after the inciting incident, exposing deeper institutional corruption, hidden pasts, and personal vendettas linked to a corrupt assemblyman.