Law & Order season 22

The twenty-second season of Law & Order, an American police procedural and legal drama, premiered on NBC on September 22, 2022 and concluded on May 18, 2023. The season contained 22 episodes. Mehcad Brooks joins the main cast as Detective Jalen Shaw, following cast member Anthony Anderson's exit after season 21.

Main

 * Jeffrey Donovan as Senior Detective Frank Cosgrove
 * Mehcad Brooks as Junior Detective Jalen Shaw
 * Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Kate Dixon
 * Hugh Dancy as Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price
 * Odelya Halevi as Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun
 * Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy

Crossover stars from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

 * Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
 * Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
 * Peter Scanavino as Assistant District Attorney Dominick Carisi Jr.

Crossover stars from Law & Order: Organized Crime

 * Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
 * Ainsley Seiger as Detective Jet Slootmaekers

Recurring

 * Connie Shi as Detective Violet Yee
 * Alayna Hester as Lily Cosgrove
 * Milica Govich as Trial Judge Leanne Dreben

Guest

 * Michael Kostroff as Defense Attorney Evan Braun
 * Claire Coffee as Defense Attorney Andrea Rankin
 * John Bedford Lloyd as Jerry Ryan
 * Liza Colón-Zayas as Defense Attorney Lara Vega
 * C. David Johnson as Judge Harold Leone
 * Charles Parnell as Ezra Nichols
 * Mark Feuerstein as Devon Miller
 * David Aaron Baker as David DeLuca
 * Tim DeKay as Judge Ephraim Raymer
 * Geneva Carr as Jenny Newhall
 * Sasha Alexander as Congresswoman Kristin Bartell
 * Casey Simpson as Aaron Cole
 * Brian Haley as Senator Alan Chandler
 * Catherine Mary Stewart as Victoria Chandler
 * Elisabeth Waterston as Rebecca McCoy
 * Kevin Dunn as Defense Attorney Keith Hollins
 * Michael Boatman as Defense Attorney Dave Seaver
 * Dylan Baker as Defense Attorney Sanford Remz
 * Lana Young as Trial Judge Mebane
 * Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Defense Attorney Aaron Dressler
 * Zabryna Guevara as Defense Attorney Amanda Stanley
 * Zak Orth as Defense Attorney Harry Kagan
 * Angel Desai as Trial Judge Roberta Hines
 * Tonye Patano as Trial Judge Linda Maskin

Development
On May 10, 2022, just before the finale of the previous season, NBC renewed the series for a twenty second season.