Rene Balcer

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Randee Dawn, freelance entertainment reporter and co-author of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion, discusses the end of the series and some of the submissions to the law and order finale contest. Rene Balcer, Law & Order executive producer and head writer, talks about how the real writers did it.

Rene Balcer, executive producer and head writer for Law & Order and creator of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Adam Brooks screenwriter for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and member of the Writers Guild East Council, explain why writers are putting down their pencils to strike.