LATIN PHRASES
This is Latin for "friend of the court."
What is amicus curiae?
Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" is about this U.S. president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This lawyer successfully argued the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This famous U.S. court figure is well known for her popular syndicated courtroom reality show
Who is Judge Judy Sheindlin?
This is the Latin term for "guilty act" in criminal law
What is actus reus?
This U.S. holiday calendar was signed into law by Joe Biden in 2021
Juneteenth
Name the attorney who defended Tennessee, high-school teacher John T. Scopes in the 1925 "Monkey Trial"
Who is Clarence Darrow?
Taylor Swift's boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays for this football team
What is the Kansas City Chiefs?
This translates to "remember you must die"
What is memento mori?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This president was the first president to be sworn in by his nickname
This judge, appointed to the bench in 1989 by California's governor, presided over the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995
Who is Judge Lance Ito?
The Devil Wears Prada is loosely based on Lauren Weisberger's time working as an assistant to this editor-in-chief.
Who is Anna Wintour?
"In loco parentis"
What is "instead of a parent"?
This president was the only person to be a United States President and Supreme Court Justice.
Who is William Howard Taft?
Name the first woman to become a licensed attorney in the United States
Who is Arabella Mansfield?
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This character said: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
This is Latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
What is res ipsa loquitur?
These three US Presidents passed away on the Fourth of July
Who are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe?
This justice famously quipped, “We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.”
Who is Robert Jackson?
This memoir details a series of weekly visits by the author to his former sociology professor who was inflicted with ALS
What is Tuesdays with Morrie?