Types of Lawyers
This type of lawyer defends people accused of crimes.
What is a criminal defense lawyer?
This phrase means you can be punished by law if a sworn statement is false.
What is perjury?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known by this name.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This court is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods attends this law school.
What is Harvard Law School?
This lawyer helps companies with contracts, mergers, and compliance with laws.
What is a corporate lawyer?
This principle requires the government to follow fair procedures before taking away life, liberty, or property.
What is due process?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This case ruled that students do not “shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”
What is Tinker vs. Des Moines?
This TV show follows lawyers Harvey Specter and Mike Ross in a high-powered New York law firm.
What is Suits?
This type of lawyer represents people in divorces, custody cases, and adoptions.
What is a family law attorney?
This principle allows courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
The president can reject a law passed by Congress using this power.
What is a veto?
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights when arrested.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
This former NFL player was tried for murder in the 1990s.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
This type of lawyer protects inventions, brand names, and creative works.
What is an intellectual property lawyer?
This principle means evidence obtained illegally may not be used in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This case ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This judge became famous for settling small cases on TV with no-nonsense rulings.
Who is Judge Judy?
This lawyer helps people write wills and plan what happens to their property after death.
What is an estate (or probate) lawyer?
This Latin phrase means "let the decision stand".
What is stare decisis?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This case established the right to an attorney for criminal defendants who can’t afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This trial was livestreamed in 2022 and dominated TikTok.
What is Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard?