"Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf is adapting a U.K. series for NBC, reports TheWrap.com. The original British program, "Injustice," stars James Purefoy as the attorney William Travers.

NBC has given the project a script order. The NBC project is described as an "intricate legal drama about a devoted criminal defense attorney with a very dark past," the story notes.

Wolf will executive produce, while "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood" co-executive producer David Hudgins will write the script and executive produce.