Vivica quits the firm in order to oppose Joe in court over a case involving standardized tests for teachers; Rex and Lynn represent a 12-year-old genius who wants the right to leave home to accept a scholarship at M.I.T.

Lynn reluctantly represents a polygamist with five wives who is fighting a former spouse for custody of their two children; Randi helps a couple battle an HMO that refuses to pay for an expensive treatment that their dying son needs.