Welcome to Exhibit A

Take the law into your own hands, my friend.

In a matter of speaking, that’s what you just did when you picked up the inaugural issue of Exhibit A.

Forget about the way you used to learn about all things legal. This publication represents a new, bold, exciting way to deliver information about the law to you.

Wait … hold on … That may have sounded a little cold and even downright boring.

I know what you are thinking. The law? Lawyers? I’d rather try to convince a Sox fan that Papi is overrated than read an entire publication about legal stuff.

And, you’re right. In some cases the law can be as dry as the Boston bar scene at 2 a.m. No one, for example, likes listening to those self-mocking, soft-spoken legal disclaimers at the tail end of radio ads. Geesh, radio ads are annoying enough on their own.

However, think about what does interest you about the law.

Admit it: You watch “A Few Good Men” every time it is on TNT. And man, it’s on a lot. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been late for dinner because I had to watch the part where Col. Jessup orders the Code Red on Santiago. “You’re goddamn right I did!”  By the way, what do you think happened to Jessup after that? America needs a sequel.

But I digress. Why do you think “Law and Order” is on television more than the weather? Why does John Grisham light his cigars with $20 bills? Why does every bubbleheaded tourist wandering around Boston ask us where Ally McBeal works?

Because we are intrigued by the law. The drama. The curiosity. All of it.

Exhibit A will give you the drama and the curiosity, but a lot more. Here, in bite-size, readable nuggets, you’ll get answers.

What are you supposed to say to a cop when he pulls you over?

If your boss is an incorrigible jerk and spends his time bullying you, can you do anything about it?

When we hear of second-time drunk drivers walking out of court with no jail time, is that really allowed under the law?

We’ll answer these questions and countless others.

What do I need to know when I start up a new business? When I buy a home? When I publish a blog? When I’m thinking of getting divorced? When I fight a speeding ticket?

Quick, useful answers are here in Exhibit A.

But aside from the stuff you need, how about the stuff you want to know about? Check out our cover story on the 10 most notorious (living) criminals in Massachusetts history. Or our chronicle of the criminal-defense attorney who had to attend a “body farm” to determine the physics of how bodies are dismembered.

There is genuine drama lurking in courtrooms and law offices every day, and there are laws that affect you in wonderful ways and horrible ways.

With each issue of Exhibit A you'll know more about the law.  It may enrage you; it may deligh you. Be we promise you the truth.

Can you handle it?