K-Dramas Written by Legal Professionals: Are They Redefining the Genre?

Legal dramas have been on the rise recently and the plots are getting better and better. So, I investigated and realized that those that hit me deep were actually written by actual professionals. So, here’s a list of legal K-Dramas written by people from the field that will make you think, cry, hope, despair and so much more. Each and every of them is raw and realistic, authentic and relatable. 

The Tale of Lady Ok

Ok Tae Young (Im Ji Yeon) is a legal expert during the Joseon period. She’s smart, eccentric and athletic. She doesn’t hesitate to help people. But she has a secret: her name, status and husband are all fake. She meets Cheon Seung Hwi (Choo Young Woo) who’s a story-teller traveling around the country. He fell in love with Tae Young at first sight and follows her around.

9 New K-Dramas to Watch in October 2025

9 New K-Dramas to Watch in October 2025:
Genie Make a Wish (October 3)
The Story of Bi Hyeong (October 3)
Would You Marry Me (October 10)
Typhoon Family (October 11)
Marie and her Three Daddies (October 13)
Romantics Anonymous (October 16)
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim (October 25)
Spirit Fingers (October 29)
Moon River (October 31)

Trigger

When illegal guns suddenly start flooding the country, gun incidents proliferate in South Korea. Yi Do (Kim Nam Gil) is a righteous detective who served in the military as a sniper. He now struggles to stop a series of gun incidents and chases after the source of the illegal firearms. Moon Baek (Kim Young Kwang) is a key figure in the underground arms broker world.

Ready, Set, Love

Following a world pandemic in the 1970s, male babies have now become rare. So, the government has gathered them in a closed space named The Farm. To help them find their future wives, they’ve also created a reality show named Ready, Set, Love where women compete to win their hearts. Among them stands the Lotto Girl Day (Kemisara Paladesh). While in the program, she meets the arrogant and popular contestant Son (Pongtiwat Tangwancharoen). Can she win his heart?

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy

Ling Miao Miao (Esther Yu) is a young woman who’s passionate about novels written by her favorite author Fu Zhou. One day, she gets transported into the world of the novel she’s reading as secondary character Lin Yu. In order to get out, she has to realize the missions given by the system. One of them is to seduce the cold demon catcher Mu Sheng (Ding Yu Xi).

13 New K-Dramas to Watch in September 2025

13 New K-Dramas to Watch in September 2025:
My Youth (September 5)
Queen Mantis (September 5)
Confidence Queen (September 6)
Tempest (September 10)
You and Everything Else (September 12)
A Hundred Memories (September 13)
Shin’s Project (September 15)
To the Moon (September 19)
Walking on Thin Ice (September 20)
First Lady (September 24)
No Mercy (September 24)
The Murky Stream (September 26)
Bonus: Alice in Borderland (September 25)