ABSTRACT
Deep learning is a committed approach to learning where learners learn for life and can apply what they learn to new situations and contexts. Deep learning involves discovering and constructing knowledge by negotiating meanings with peers and by making connections between existing and new knowledge. According to many scholarly studies reported in the literature, most higher education students approach learning in a surface way, soon forget what they learn, and cannot use it meaningfully outside the classroom. Popular culture enhances the deep learning process by helping students develop cognitive skills, competences, and practices that are essential for the professional practice of law and criminal justice and that are often neglected in traditional law school and criminal justice curricula. These include rapid cognition and other similar thought processes, metacognition, the interpretation and production of popular culture texts, the narration of stories, and effective communication with the press, among others.
