Law School Basics
This year of law school teaches contracts, torts, civil procedure, criminal law, and property.
What is 1L year?
The party who brings a lawsuit.
Who is the plaintiff?
This country is the most populous in the world.
What is China?
This streaming platform is home to Squid Game.
What is Netflix?
The place most law students cry during finals.
What is the library?
The standard format for legal analysis using Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion.
What is IRAC?
A statement made out of court offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.
What is hearsay?
This holiday celebrates the new year and is widely observed across many Asian cultures.
What is Lunar New Year?
This global K-pop group includes members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook.
Who is BTS?
This caffeine source is practically a personality trait in law school.
What is coffee?
This doctrine prevents parties from relitigating the same claim after a final judgment.
What is res judicata?
The doctrine that allows evidence obtained illegally to be excluded from trial
What is the exclusionary rule?
This Asian American was the first female Vice President of the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This movie features a multiverse adventure starring Michelle Yeoh.
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
This system means not everyone can get an A, no matter how smart the class is.
What is a mandatory grading curve?
The level of scrutiny applied to laws involving fundamental rights or suspect classifications.
What is strict scrutiny?
A pretrial request asking the court to rule certain evidence inadmissible.
What is a motion in limine?
This U.S. law from 1882 restricted immigration from a specific Asian country.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This Marvel character is played by Simu Liu.
Who is Shang-Chi?
The method of being cold-called by a professor.
What is the Socratic method?
This rule requires lawyers to maintain confidentiality of client information.
What is ABA Model Rule 1.6?
The landmark case establishing judicial review.
The landmark case establishing judicial review.
This Filipino dish, often considered the national dish, is typically made with vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and meat.
What is adobo?
This anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki features a bathhouse and a girl named Chihiro.
What is Spirited Away?
This mythical law school document is rumored to guarantee an A if you have the right one.
What is an outline (or a 2L/3L outline)?