Black Legal Trailblazers
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall?
Everyone I know who got into law school drank matcha during undergrad. Therefore, drinking matcha causes law school admission.
Confusing correlation with causation
The amendment that protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures
Fourth Amendment
This show features a fast-talking attorney named Annalise Keating
How to Get Away With Murder
A written law passed by a legislative body
Statute
She became the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme Court in 1955
Constance Baker Motley
How many sections are on the LSAT?
*bonus 100 if you can name them*
Four: The scored sections are Logical Reasoning (two sections) and Reading Comprehension (one section). Then unscored section.
You must be read these if you're being arrested
Miranda Rights
Wine, Popcorn, President
Scandal
Latin for "let the decision stand," used in common law
Stare decisis
Prominent civil rights lawyer known for representing the families of victims of police brutality and other civil rights violations. (Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor)
Ben Crump
In logical reasoning, this type of flaw involves assuming that what is true of the parts is true of the whole.
Composition fallacy
The right to remain silent is protected under this amendment
Fifth Amendment
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods goes to this prestigious law school
Harvard Law School
This is the term for the party who brings a case to court in a civil lawsuit
Plantiff
This attorney co-founded the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Charles Hamilton Houston
The LSAT section that involves grouping games or sequencing
Analytical Reasoning section
True or False: You have the right to record police in public in Illinois
True (with limitations)
This Marvel superhero is also a lawyer by day
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
What is a Capital offense?
A crime punishable by death
Name our recent speaker: Criminal Defense Attorney
Attorney Cierra N. Norris
If P → Q and Q → R, what logically follows?
P → R
The Supreme Court case that established the right to legal counsel even if you can't afford one
Gideon v. Wainwright
Law & Order SVU Intro (word for word, bar for bar)
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
What is a "friend of the court" who provides information to the court but is not directly involved in the case?
Amicus Curiae