Darby Shaw

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Darby Shaw is a fictional law student and protagonist in John Grisham's legal thriller "The Pelican Brief," known for uncovering a dangerous political conspiracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
law student
protagonist
adaptedIn 1993 film The Pelican Brief NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Pelican Brief NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre legal thriller
associatedWith New Orleans NERFINISHED
Tulane University Law School NERFINISHED
centralToPlotElement Pelican Brief legal memorandum NERFINISHED
copyrightHolderOfSourceWork John Grisham NERFINISHED
createdBy John Grisham NERFINISHED
creatorOccupation novelist
enemyOf those behind the political conspiracy in The Pelican Brief
fieldOfStudy law
filmDistributorOfAdaptation Warner Bros. (The Pelican Brief film) NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel The Pelican Brief (1992)
genreOfFictionalWork legal thriller
hasGenreAsCharacter thriller fiction
hasLoveInterest Thomas Callahan NERFINISHED
inUniverseStatus student at Tulane University Law School
languageOfWork English
medium film
novel
narrativeRole investigator
whistleblower
nationality American (fictional)
notableFor authoring the Pelican Brief legal memorandum
uncovering a political conspiracy
occupation law student
partOf John Grisham bibliography NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Julia Roberts NERFINISHED
publisherOfSourceWork Doubleday (The Pelican Brief novel) NERFINISHED
roleInWork protagonist of The Pelican Brief
romanticRelationshipWith Thomas Callahan NERFINISHED
setIn New Orleans NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
targetOf assassination attempts
themeInvolving environmental law
judicial assassination
political corruption
threatenedBy powerful political and corporate interests
timeOfFilmReleaseOfAdaptation 1993
timeOfFirstPublicationOfSourceWork 1992
workBasedOnCharacter The Pelican Brief (1993 film) NERFINISHED

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The Pelican Brief mainCharacter Darby Shaw