Annalise is a high-profile defense attorney, teaching a class at Middleton University. She selects a group of her best students to work at her firm. They are Connor Walsh, Michaela Pratt, Asher Millstone, Laurel Castillo and Wes Gibbins. Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller. Annalise lives with her husband, Sam Keating, but she also has a secret relationship with Nate Lahey, a local Philadelphia detective. How to Get Away with Murder follows the personal and professional life of Annalise Keating.