Legal Terms
This refers to a court's authority to hear a particular type of case
What is jurisdiction?
This 1954 case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This lawyer, who successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education on behalf of the NAACP, became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This HBO legal drama follows a law professor and defense attorney, Annalise Keating, and her students.
What is How to Get Away with Murder?
This standardized test has traditionally been the most widely recognized law school admissions exam.
What is the LSAT?
This Latin principle means courts should generally follow previous judicial decisions
What is state decisis?
This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This woman became the first female Supreme Court justice when she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This television series follows Harvey Specter and Mike Rose at a fictional New York law firm.
What is Suits?
This essay for law schools allows applicants to explain their background, goals, and reasons for pursuing a legal education.
What is a personal statement?
This is a court order demanding a detained person be brought before a judge to determine whether their imprisonment is lawful.
What is Habeas Corpus
This 1974 case required President Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes and rejected an absolute claim of executive privilege
What is United States v. Nixon?
This Chief Justice served from 1801 to 1835 and authored the opinion in Marbury v. Madison
Who is John Marshall?
This show helped popularize reality courtroom dramas
What is Judge Judy?
This is the full name for the LSAC, the organization administers the LSAT and oeprates the Credential Assembly Services
What is the Law School Admissions Council?
This constitutional principle prevents the government from taking away aperson's life, liberty, or property without proper legal procedures
What is due process?
This 1819 case established that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause and that Maryland could not tax the national bank
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This is the first Chief Justice of the United States, from 1789 to 1795
Who is John Jay?
This series follows lawyers at the fictional New York law firm, Lockhart Gardner, where the main character used to work fpr
What is The Good Wife?
This application component can be used to explain unusual circumstances, such as a semester with unexpectedly poor grades.
What is an addendum?
This requires a plaintiff in federal court to demonstrate injury, causation, and redressability
What is standing?
This case established that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to an attorney, even if they cannot afford one
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
This lawyer and civil rights leader became the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General.
Who is Janet Reno?
This legal drama features Mickey Haller, a Mexican-American defense attorney in Los Angeles who runs his law practice partly out of a Lincoln Town Car
What is The Lincoln Lawyer?
What undergraduate major is required for admission to law school?
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