Objection
The classic courtroom phrase yelled when opposing counsel asks something improper.
Objection
Entering someone’s property without permission.
Trespass
Your client says:
“After this trial, I’m going to burn down my business for insurance money.”
Reveal to prevent serious crime
The LSAT section everyone fears.
Logic Games
Elle Woods attended this Ivy League law school.
Harvard Law School
An improper question that suggests the answer.
Leading Question
You drop a banana peel and the person behind you slips on it.
Negligance
Your criminal defense client tells you privately:
“I did it. But I’m going to testify that I didn’t.”
Refuse to assist perjury and potentially withdraw
“All lawyers are stressed. You are stressed. Therefore…”
Flawed Logic
This show features Olivia Benson solving crimes in New York.
Law & Order: SVU
A question unrelated to the case.
Relevance
Someone says false damaging things about you.
Defamation
A professor says, “Write your own law school recommendation letter and I’ll sign it.”
Decline and ask for a genuine letter
Strengthening an argument means doing this.
Supporting the Conclusion?
The lawyer in Breaking Bad who helped Walter
Saul Goodman
When a lawyer represents both sides of a case
Conflict of Interest
A classmate intentionally throws a desk at you.
Battery
Your client is clearly not competent to stand trial but insists on going forward.
Request a competency evaluation
Weakening a claim means doing this.
What is Undermining the Assumption
What does Mike Ross have that helps him be a lawyer
Photographic memory
This objection involves repeating what someone else said outside court.
What is Hearsay
Emotional distress caused intentionally
What is IIED (Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress)
A co-worker at your law firm encourages you to round up hours.
Accurately bill only what you worked
The LSAT’s TRUE purpose.
Emotional Damage
The most unrealistic thing about courtroom TV shows.
Everything Happens Too Fast