Spooky Law
A werewolf reasonably believes an attacker poses an immediate threat and uses proportionate force. What defense might apply?
What is Self-Defense?
What is the title of the person who presides over a trial?
What is judge?
Who became the first Latina justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009?
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
A vampire is accused of a crime. Is the government required to prove guilt or must the vampire prove innocence?
What is the government must prove guilt.
What does the Spanish word derechos mean in English?
What is Rights
A witch takes her neighbor's broom without permission, intending to keep it. What crime might she have committed?
What is theft (larceny)?
What does a lawyer say when challenging a question or evidence during trial?
What is Objection!
Which landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v Board of ed
A zombie is arrested. Which constitutional amendment generally protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
The Fourth Amendment
Name one current member of the Derechos leadership team (non presidents)
What is (any acceptable answer): Esmeralda, Diego, Bruno, Nelly, Hector, Alex
A ghost deliberately spreads a false factual accusation that harms a person's reputation. What tort might apply?
What is Defamation?
What do we call the group of people who listen to evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty in a criminal trial?
What is Jury
Which Latina civil rights activist co-founded the United Farm Workers and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede”?
Who is Dolores Huerta?
A witch is prosecuted twice by the same sovereign for the same offense after an acquittal. What protection may prevent this?
What is Double jeopardy?
Name every derechos committee.
What is Public service, community organizing, social, financial, academic, and communications
A haunted-house visitor trips over an unmarked hazard and is injured. What legal claim might they bring?
What is Negligence?
What is evidence of a statement made outside court, offered to prove the truth of that statement, generally called?
What is Hearsay?
Which Cuban American singer is known as the “Queen of Salsa”?
Who is Celia Cruz?
A monster is charged with a serious crime but cannot afford an attorney. What right may apply?
The right to appointed counsel under the Sixth Amendment.
When is our first alumni brunch and at what time?
What is Nov 8th from 11-1pm?
A vampire enters someone's home without permission. What civil wrong may have occurred?
What is Trespass?
Which constitutional amendment protects against compelled self-incrimination?
What is the 5th amendment?
Which Colombian singer became the first South American artist to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2020 alongside Jennifer Lopez?
A monster is sentenced under a punishment that is constitutionally cruel and unusual. Which amendment is implicated?
What is The Eighth Amendment.
Around what year was Derechos founded?
What is the mid-1990s?