Jury Duty
Lawyers
100
The number of people that typically serve on a jury
What is 12?
200
How jurors are selected
What is randomly from a pool of registered voters and drivers license holders?
200
The number of years of education past high school to become a lawyer
What is 7? 4 years for undergraduate degree, 3 years of law school
300
What a jury is called when jurors can't come to a unanimous decision
What is a hung jury?
300
The average salary of a lawyer in the United States
What is $110,000/year?
400
A reason someone may not qualify for jury duty
What is not 18 years old, not able to speak English sufficiently, not a US citizen, convicted of a felony
400
What a person has to pass to officially become a lawyer (what the test is called)
What is "the bar"?
According to many legal history scholars, the symbolic line represents an actual partition or railing that existed in courtrooms, the purpose of which was to separate the public at large from the officers of the court. Gaining permission to cross over this railing means you've passed the bar.
500
How much a juror is paid per day in Minnesota
What is $20/day?
500
The difference between a lawyer and an attorney
What is a lawyer is trained in law, but an attorney practices in the court.