A young woman is murdered, and her newborn has disappeared. The trail leads to a traumatised woman who stole the baby and pretended it was her own.

Nick contests the will of a woman whose death may link to a family secret.

Nick and his new boss at Legal Aid defend an Arab-American man and his daughter who appear to be the victims of a hate crime when a teenager vandalises their establishment.

Bowing to the pressures of his new job, Nick starts using cocaine again just when he must square off against his father in court.

Nick represents a boy who wants to stop his adoption by a couple that wants him but not his brain-damaged brother.

Burton and Lulu reveal damaging information to Nick; a compromising situation with a wanted killer threatens Nick's future.

A drug-addicted mother holds her infant daughter hostage, fearing the baby will be taken away from her.

Nick and Burton attempt to resolve a labour dispute at a factory facing the spectre of a strike; Lulu lets Nick know her boyfriend has popped the question.

Nick is surrounded by trouble when he helps out Lulu's fiance, his shifty parole officer, and a recently released convict.

Preparing to take a position on the federal bench, Burton brings in an outsider to pick up the slack and run the law firm.

Nick and Lulu try to help homeless teenage parents who want to keep their newborn baby rather than see the system put the child in foster care.