1L Topics
The two ways to get into federal court.
What is Federal Question and Diversity Jurisdiction?
The symbol of immigration.
What is the monarch butterfly?
The name of the infamous fog that rolls through San Francisco.
What is Karl?
Which fictional beach town is the backdrop for Belly's summer romances with the Fisher boys?
What is Cousins?
This 2022 album features the hit "Titi Me Pregunto."
What is Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny?
This rule states that when a correspondence is sent through the mail, acceptance is effective upon dispatch.
What is the mailbox rule?
I.C.E stands for:
What is Immigration and Customs Enforcement?
(nothing would also be an acceptable answer)
Al Capone, an infamous gangster, was imprisoned here.
What is Alcatraz?
This song played when Conrad first saw Belly as he was introduced.
What is "Lover" by Taylor Swift?
The winners of Love Island USA 2025.
Who are Amaya and Bryan?
An unintentional killing that occurs during the commission or attempted commission of a qualifying felony.
What is felony murder?
The status a noncitizen has before applying and becoming a naturalized citizen.
What is a Legal Permanent Resident?
This movie, starring Anne Hathaway, that follows a young girl who discovers she is a princess of Genovia was filmed in San Francisco.
What is The Princess Diaries?
The American author, screenwriter, and showrunner who wrote The Summer I Turned Pretty and To All the Boys series.
Who is Jenny Han?
This university on the East Coast shares the same abbreviation as the University of San Francisco (and is Valeria's undergrad).
What is the University of South Florida?
Specific and articulable facts, together with inferences, that reasonably warrants intrusion.
What is reasonable suspiscion?
To qualify for this protected ground of asylum, the asylum seeker's characteristics must be: (1) immutable; (2) particular; and (3) socially distinct.
What is a Particular Social Group?
New York has Ellis Island. For the West Coast, this island in the Bay served as the entry and inspection for immigrants.
What is Angel Island?
The name of the stuffed polar bear that Conrad gave Belly and later mailed to Paris.
Who is Junior Mint?
Paul Mescal starred in the sequel of this historical epic movie.
What is Gladiator II?
The seminal tort case establishing proximate causation.
What is Palsgraf v. Long Island Railway Co.?
The seminal Supreme Court case establishing that asylum seekers need only prove a 10% chance of future persecution to qualify for asylum. Professor Bill Hing helped write the brief.
What is INS v. Cardoza-Fonesca?
Before moving to their current venues, both the Giants and 49ers used to play in this stadium.
What is Candlestick Park?
Conrad gifted this to Belly for her 16th birthday, but gave it to her later because Susannah gifted her something similar.
What is the infinity necklace?
Many of Taylor Swift’s songs are rumored to be about famous ex-boyfriends. “Back to December” a tribute to this man.
Who is Taylor Lautner?