LAW IN EVERYDAY LIFE
LAW SCHOOL LINGO
BASIC LEGAL FACTS
POP CULTURE LAW
100

This small card in your wallet lets you legally drive.

What is a driver’s license?

100

A person who brings a lawsuit.

Plaintiff

100

You have the right to this type of trial in a criminal case.

What is a jury trial?

100

This show features a Harvard Law grad named Elle Woods.

What is Legally Blonde?

200

You sign this when you agree to the rules of a new job.

What is a contract?

200

The lawyer who tries to prove someone guilty in a criminal case.

What is a prosecutor?

200

The Constitution protects your right to remain this when questioned by police.

What is silent?

200

This TV series follows Alicia Florrick as she returns to

 law after a political scandal.

What is The Good Wife?

300

If you park in front of a fire hydrant, you might get one of these.

What is a ticket (or parking ticket)?

300

A written law passed by a legislative body.

What is a statute?

300

The First Amendment protects this kind of speech.

What is free speech?

300

This show’s title character practices law in Pearson Specter Litt without a JD.

What is Suits?

400

This legal document lets you vote in elections.

What is a voter registration card?

400

Another word for a legal promise.

What is a contract?

400

This amendment bans “cruel and unusual punishment.”

What is the Eighth Amendment?

400

In this legal drama, Viola Davis plays a criminal defense professor

What is How to Get Away with Murder?

500

Before turning 18, you're usually considered this in the eyes of the law.

What is a minor?

500

This Latin phrase means “the thing speaks for itself.”

What is res ipsa loquitur?

500

This amendment guarantees your right to an attorney.

What is the Sixth Amendment?

500

In A Few Good Men, this actor famously yells, “You can’t handle the truth!”

Who is Jack Nicholson?