The Bar Exam
Taylor Swift Legal Issues
The Reel Justice System
N.D.R.App.P.
Getting to Know the Justices
100

This score is needed to pass the bar exam in North Dakota. 

What is 260?

100

This area of the law has allowed Swift to rerecord her albums without fear of litigation because she retained the publishing rights to her songs. 

 What is copyright law?

100

The lone juror who initially votes "not guilty" in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men was played by this actor.

Who is Henry Fonda.

100

Under Rule 4, N.D.R.App.P., a party has this many days to appeal a civil case and this many days to appeal a criminal case.

What are 60 days and 30 days.

100

Justice Tufte hosted this competition where he beat, as a sole participant, a team of law clerks.

What is a triathlon?

200

Scoring this amount on the bar exam would allow a test taker to practice in any UBE jurisdiction.

What is 270?

200

A radio DJ sued Swift for defamation after he lost his job when she claimed he inappropriately touched her. Swift countersued for assault and battery. Swift prevailed in the case and received this amount in monetary damages.

Hint: George Washington is on the currency. 

What is $1?

200

In the 1992 film A Few Good Men, while being cross-examined, Actor Jack Nicholson says, "You want answers," to which Actor Tom Cruise responds, "I think I'm entitled to them"; Nicholson then says "You want answers" prompting Cruise to say this, and Nicholson responds saying this.

What are: I want the truth! and: You can't handle the truth!

200

The Supreme Court is granted this authority under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1.

What is a summary disposition?

200

Justice Crothers has presented legal or judicial seminars in this number of countries.

What is three?

- America, Ukraine, and the Federated States of Micronesia. 

He has also taught in the Commonwealth of Saipan, which is in a confederation with the US, and in Guam and the Virgin Islands, which are US territories. 

300

This pathway to licensure—infamously available in Wisconsin—allows lawyers to be admitted to the bar without taking the bar exam.

What is diploma privilege?

300

Swift claimed safety concerns and sent a ____ and ____ letter to a fan who was tracking her private jet movements and reporting it on social media. 

What is cease and desist?

300

The fictional New York City law firm in Suits originally goes by this name before undergoing several name changes throughout the show.

What is Pearson Hardman?

300

Under N.D.R.App.P. 32(a)(8)(A), a reply brief may not exceed this number of pages, excluding any addendum.

What is 12?

300

Chief Justice Jensen's Doberman holds American Kennel Club titles in three events: name one of those events.

What are the FastCAT (timed 100-yard dash), barnhunt (hunting for rats in a hay-bale maze), and scentwork.

400

North Dakota plans to adopt the NextGen Bar Exam in this month and year. 

What is July 2027? 

400

Swift was sued by a plaintiff alleging that Swift's hit song ______ infringed on their 2000 track “Playas Gon’ Play.” 

What is "Shake It Off"?

400

In the 2024 film Juror #2, Actor Nicholas Hoult is serving on a jury when he soon realizes this.

What is the defendant's innocence?

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

Although the North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure is capped at Rule 49, there are actually this number of rules currently in effect.

What are 42?

400

Justice McEvers is known to play these two instruments.

What are the bagpipes and trumpet?

500

This number of states and jurisdictions in the U.S. have adopted the UBE. 

What is 36?

500

A Utah-based theme park named ______ sued Swift for trademark infringement, claiming her album under the same name caused confusion among their visitors.

Hint: It shares a name with Folklore's sister album.

What is Evermore?

500

Actress Marisa Tomei is well-known for her supporting roles in these two legal movies.

What are My Cousin Vinny and The Lincoln Lawyer.

500

This Rule allows the Supreme Court to correct clerical errors in a criminal judgment without remanding.

What is N.D.R.App.P. 35(b)(1)(A).

500

While walking the Capitol sidewalks this fall, a pedestrian could have seen Justice Bahr playing this sport with the law clerks.

What is badminton?