Following a messy divorce, rich Beverly Hills lawyer Rosie O'Neill dedicates her life to becoming a public defender; her mother isn't too thrilled as she thinks that work is beneath her.

Rosie struggles with defending a rapist who delights in confessing, making it her toughest case yet; she questions the morality of defending him and things get especially difficult from it's discovered that evidence was planted.

A voodoo curse by the mother of a client sets the tone for Rosie's day; Rosie and Kim have difficulty accepting Patrick's marriage.

Rosie struggles defending a client that the prosecutor tries railroading based on the colour of his skin; her first wedding anniversary since the divorce is upon her and it's causing some conflict in her thoughts of her new relationship.

Rosie defends a youth accused of desecrating a Jewish cemetery and attacking the nightwatchman; cutbacks pit Ben against the staff.

Rosie defends a man who has been accused of killing his AIDS-stricken lover, and she gains a new understanding of the disease.