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Law Schools
Law in Fiction
Decision Time
100

The concept of "intersectionality" was developed by which critical race theorist?

Kimberlé Crenshaw

100

How many law schools are there in Ontario?

Eight (8)

100

Which fictional, pink-loving sorority sister defied all odds, and not only attended, but graduated as class-elected speaker from Harvard Law School?

Elle Woods

100

What document, enshrining the rights and freedoms of all Canadians was adopted in 1982?

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

200

Who was the first woman to sit on the US Supreme Court?

Sandra Day O'Connor

200

Of the eight (8) Ivy League universities, how many boast law schools?  (+ 25 points for each one you can name)

Five (5): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell

200

Who's served as TV's longest-running detective (turned sergeant, lieutenant, and captain), putting criminals behind bars since 1999?

Olivia Benson (Law and Order: SVU)

200

Roe v. Wade was overturned by SCOTUS in 2023 by what margin?

5-4

300

Who famously said "women belong in all places where decisions are being made"?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

300

Michelle Obama, Elena Kagan, and Loretta Lynch are among many notable graduates from which university's world-renowned law school?

Harvard

300

Prior to hiring Mike Ross, fictional firm Pearson Hardman only hired Harvard graduates on which show?

Suits

300

In what year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

1964

400

How many women sit on the Supreme Court of Canada?  (+25 points for every one you can name)

5: Andromache Karakatsanis, Suzanne Côté, Sheilah L. Martin, Michelle O'Bonsawin, Mary T. Moreau

400

The Schulich School of Law is at which university?

Dalhousie

400

In the sequel to Legally Blonde, what is the name of the bill the protagonist is trying to get passed, and/or what is it about?

"Bruiser's Bill" - seeks to ban cosmetic testing on animals

400

In what year was the Equal Pay Act passed in the US?

1963

500

Which American paralegal and activist was the subject of a film from 2000, starring Julia Roberts?

Erin Brokovich

500

At this (and only this) Canadian law school, you are simultaneously taught common and civil law?

McGill University Faculty of Law

500

Viola Davis portrayed professor Annalise Keating on which show?

How to Get Away With Murder

500

In 1918, women secured what fundamental right federally in Canada?

The right to vote

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