Law Pop Culture
This word, meaning "a person accused of a crime," is what fitness influencer Brooke Taylor-Windham is in Legally Blonde.
What is the defendant?
In Alabama, it’s illegal to wear this type of disguise in public, unless you’re at a church event.
What is a fake mustache?
Law schools often want 2–3 of these faculty-written documents that evaluate your academic ability and potential.
What are letters of recommendation?
A Supreme Court case that established criminal suspects being read their rights before police interrogations.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
These are the people who decide if someone is guilty or not in a trial.
Who are the jury?
In Suits, Mike Ross gets hired as an associate at Pearson Hardman, even though he never completed this required step to become a lawyer.
What is passing the bar exam?
In Arizona, you can’t let this farm animal sleep in your bathtub.
What is a donkey?
Applying early under this admissions option can increase your chances at some schools, but it becomes binding if you are accepted.
What is Early Decision?
A controversial case that established the act of burning the American flag as free speech.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
This person represents the government in a criminal case.
Who is the prosecutor?
In How to Get Away With Murder, this is the legal term for a deal where a defendant pleads guilty in exchange for reduced charges.
What is a plea bargain?
In Pennsylvania, it’s illegal to sell this baby toy on Sundays.
What is a baby bottle?
The first year of law school is commonly referred to by this two-character abbreviation.
What is 1L?
This Supreme Court case involved students in Iowa protesting the Vietnam War with black armbands. Established first amendment rights for students.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This person represents someone accused of a crime.
Who is the defense attorney?
During the famous trial in Legally Blonde, Elle Woods questions Chutney's story. This legal term describes questioning a witness from the opposing side.
What is cross examination?
In Georgia, it’s against the law to eat this utensil-free food with your hands.
What is fried chicken?
This essential first-year class covers legally enforceable promises, breach, and remedies.
What is Contracts?
A Supreme Court case that came from Ohio that prevents illegally obtained material from being used in a criminal trial.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
This person wears a robe and runs the courtroom.
Who is the judge?
Law & Order episodes often hinge on this constitutional protection, which prevents someone from being tried twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
In Maine, it’s illegal to keep this mythical creature as a pet.
What is a unicorn?
Law students learn to brief cases largely because of this teaching method, developed at Harvard, where professors ask rapid-fire questions.
What is the Socratic Method?
This Supreme Court Case involves two men transporting sawed-off shotguns through interstate commerce. This case restricted an individual's right to keep and bear a sawed-off shotgun.
What is United States v. Miller?
This must be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt" in a criminal trial.
What is guilt?