FAMOUS CASES
This 1995 criminal trial, often referred to as the "Trial of the Century," saw a famous football player acquitted of murder charges.
What is the O.J. Simpson Trial?
In this legal comedy, a fashion-focused sorority president surprises everyone by getting into Harvard Law
What is Legally Blonde?
The person who brings a case to court.
Who is the plaintiff?
This objection is used when a question or answer does not relate to the case or matter at hand.
What is Relevance?
This is the first thing that happens when the judge enters the courtroom.
What is Everyone stands as a sign of respect?
In this landmark 1954 case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This TV drama features slick suits, sharp dialogue, and unlicensed legal genius.
What is Suits?
A court order requiring someone to appear in court.
What is a subpoena?
You’d raise this objection if opposing counsel is asking a leading question during direct examination.
What is Leading?
This is the part of the trial where each side explains what they intend to prove.
What is the Opening Statement?
In this 1973 case, the Supreme Court ruled that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District?
This long-running TV franchise features detectives and prosecutors working together in New York City, often "ripped from the headlines."
What is Law & Order?
The legal term for wrongful interference with someone's property rights, such as unauthorized entry.
What is trespass?
This objection is used when a statement or response references facts not proven or admitted.
What is Assumption/Invention of facts ?
The part of a trial where each side asks questions to the opposing side’s witness.
What is cross-examination?
This case resulted in the establishment of the "Miranda rights" for individuals arrested by the police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This hit legal drama follows a brilliant professor and her ambitious students as they get entangled in murder, lies, and high-stakes trials.
What is How to Get Away with Murder?
The burden of proof in most civil cases, meaning more likely than not.
What is preponderance of the evidence?
This objection is raised when a witness testifies about what someone else said outside of court.
What is Hearsay?
The last chance attorneys have to speak to the jury or judge, summarizing their case.
What is the Closing Argument?
This case ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional, but later reinstated it in 1976.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
This critically acclaimed spin-off follows a morally flexible lawyer navigating shady deals and courtroom drama on his path to becoming Saul Goodman.
What is Better Call Saul?
This term refers to a court’s authority to hear and decide a particular type of case, based on subject matter or geography.
What is jurisdiction?
You’d use this objection if a witness starts giving long, unrelated, or unasked-for information.
What is Narative?
In a jury trial, this is the stage where the judge explains the law that governs the case.
What is the Jury Instructions?