BLSA Exec. Board
She can do backflips!
Who is Arabella?
First African American associate judge on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Not a real lawyer, but this character is the top "Fixer" in D.C. and is based on a real one.
Who is Kerry Washington?
Duty, breach, causation, and injury are elements of this tort.
What is negligence?
Prominent lawyer in Cincinnati and Dayton, also who the law school is named after.
Who is Joseph E. Keller?
She studied abroad in India for a semester and got to pet an elephant.
Who is Lizzy?
This civil rights leader and attorney argued the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court.
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
She portrayed powerful attorney Jessica Pearson in the TV series Suits.
Who is Gina Torres?
"Friend of the court" in Latin.
amicus curiae
49% of the class of 2024 are from this state.
What is Ohio?
BLSA exec. member who can speak Swahili.
Who is Lionel?
The first African-American to serve as U.S. Attorney General, he was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009.
Who is Eric Holder?
Known for his powerful performance in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, he portrayed O.J.'s defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran.
Who is Courtney B. Vance?
The right to remain silent and the right to an attorney are guaranteed by this constitutional amendment
What is the Fifth Amendment?
UDSL was one of the first law schools to offer this program in the country, allowing students from all over the country to attend law school without being residential.
What is the hybrid program?
She played D1 basketball.
Who is KB?
Known for her work as a civil rights activist, this lawyer was the first African-American woman to serve as a federal judge.
Who is Constance Baker Motley?
Name of the University where Annaliese Keating taught criminal law and lowkey harrassed her students.
What is Middleton University?
This Latin term means "to stand by things decided" and refers to the principle of following precedent in legal cases.
What is stare decisis?
The University of Dayton School of Law is affiliated with this religious order that founded the university in 1850.
Who are the Marianists?
Travelled to Japan when she was thirteen years old!
Who is Jessica?
This attorney was the first to be admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1865.
Who is John Stewart Rock?
He starred as civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall in the 2017 biopic Marshall.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
In legal terms, this word refers to a lawyer’s formal questioning of a witness under oath.
What is a deposition?
Named after a prominent benefactor, this institute at Dayton Law promotes sustainability and social justice in legal practice.
What is the Hanley Sustainability Institute?