该剧讲述梦想着能通过法庭对抗强权、保护弱者的菜鸟法官，坚守原则的初精英法官，现实主义的法官，在由这三名形色各异的法官组成的司法裁判部发生的贴近现实的法庭电视剧。
高雅拉剧中饰演正义热血菜鸟法官朴巧凛一角，朴巧凛是大韩民国最初音大出身的法官，她是一个想帮助柔弱的老人，女性，残疾人，贫民等弱者们处理冤屈事件的正义角色。
金明洙饰演初精英原则主义法官“林巴伦”一角，他是以高分考取名牌大学法学系、独来独往的法院个人主义者法官。虽是精英中的精英，却对晋升没兴趣，对任何事都很冷淡，只按原则办事，认为以个人的同情心和善意来判断是滥用职权。
成东镒饰演现实主义法官韩世界一角。
柳德焕在剧中饰演郑宝王一角，他是首尔中央法院法官、最高情报通也是林巴伦的好朋友。

《悄悄话》是一部以韩国最大的律师事务所为背景,讲述男女主人公揭发违背金钱与权力伦理道德行为的悬疑爱情剧。

Whilst Clive Reader celebrates his taking silk but Martha hits the bottle, angry that inspector Wright has lied in court to convict her client Johnny Foster. Later David, the teen-aged son of chambers head Alan Cowdrey, is arrested for causing the death of a policeman , one of six who kettled him during a demonstration. Martha believes David has been bullied into pleading guilty by Wright and wants Alan involved in his son's case but David is not keen to see his father. Reader and Caroline Warwick agree to help Martha, who sees on CCTV that an anonymous man spoke to David in custody but there is no record of this meeting. In court she faces Wright, this time determined to beat him but evidence comes to light which weakens Martha's crusade.

Martha is at last a QC,making her senior to Reader. Their first case together is defending taciturn thug Brendan Kay,muscle for the infamous criminal Farr family,accused of half-blinding a motorist who fell foul of boss Jody Farr. Martha believes Farr's influential solicitor,sharp Micky Joy and Farr are conspiring to stitch up the innocent Kay for a crime Farr committed. Battling against both formidable prosecutor Caroline Warwick and head of chambers Alan Cowdrey for Farr,Martha finds that Reader proves to be an ultimate help to her. He also has a solo case, defending killer Fatima Ali,referred by female solicitor George Duggan,who resists his efforts to pursue her romantically.

这里汇聚了各种律师，他们各具本领，各显神通。Martha Costello（玛辛·佩克 Maxine Peake 饰）是一个三十多岁，单身，但依旧富于激情的辩护律师，准备申请皇家律师资格。Martha面临着极具挑战的案件以及令她惊讶的客户。她的信念、她的偏见、她的良知以及她的信仰的极限在刑事司法系统中被一系列的课程所检验。Clive Reader（鲁伯特·潘瑞-琼斯 Rupert Penry-Jones 饰）和Martha年龄相同。但他为人风趣，有天赋但同时也很精明。两人同时都是律师，同时都申请了皇家律师资格，在庭上的表现直接影响他们的命运，而Clive知道如何来玩这场游戏......
究竟谁最后能成为皇家律师呢?

大学辍学生迈克（帕特里克·J·亚当斯 Patrick J. Adams 饰），在一次贩毒失败后闯进了一个高材生云集的招聘会，原来这是曼哈顿最著名的律师哈维（盖布瑞·马赫特 Gabriel Macht 饰）在招聘律师助手。在众多哈佛高材生中，哈维看中了聪明机警、记忆力发达的迈克。尽管他发现迈克非但不是哈佛法学院学生，而且他还有吸大麻的恶习，但他还是决定瞒着上司，招迈克做助手。于是，哈维和迈克组成了一支“金装组合”，在律师事务所中成为常胜搭档。
迈克虽然有着天才般的头脑，但在法律上他还是一名新手，加入事务所之后遇到了各种难题，而冷面律师哈维并没有对他处处提点，因此迈克总是四处碰壁，而哈维的对手路易更是处处刁难他……