Set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a.k.a. “The Mother Court”), the Shondaland series, "For the People, show follows six talented young lawyers, including best friends Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson) and Allison Adams who serve as public defenders, working on opposite sides of the law and handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country. These young lawyers will be put to the test both personally and professionally as their lives intersect in and out of America’s most prestigious trial court.