Legal Eagles
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
A lawyer says this when they believe a question calls for secondhand information offered for its truth.
What is hearsay?
In Legally Blonde, Elle Woods attends this law school.
What is Harvard Law School?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution are collectively known by this name.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This standardized test has traditionally been used for admission to U.S. law schools.
What is the LSAT?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
“Beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard of proof generally required in this type of case.
What is a criminal case?
In Suits, Harvey Specter works at a law firm based in this city.
What is New York City?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
The abbreviation “J.D.” stands for this degree.
What is Juris Doctor?
This landmark 1954 case held that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A lawyer uses this type of challenge to strike a prospective juror without stating a reason, subject to constitutional limitations.
What is a peremptory challenge?
In Suits, Mike Ross is hired as an associate despite lacking this credential that every other lawyer at the firm is supposed to have.
What is a Harvard Law degree?
This amendment contains the protection against compelled self-incrimination—the famous “pleading the ____.”
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Law students compete in this simulated courtroom activity, where they argue an appellate case before a panel of judges.
What is Moot Court?
This 1966 Supreme Court decision led to the warnings police give suspects about their right to remain silent and right to an attorney.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
In negligence, plaintiffs generally must establish duty, breach, causation, and this fourth element.
What are damages?
In Suits, Mike Ross possesses this unusual cognitive ability that helps him succeed despite never attending law school.
What is a photographic memory?
The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants the assistance of this professional.
What is counsel/an attorney?
First-year law students traditionally take contracts, torts, civil procedure, criminal law, property, and this subject concerning the structure and powers of government.
What is constitutional law?
This landmark Supreme Court case established that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to remain silent and their right to an attorney before custodial interrogation.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The doctrine expressed by the Latin phrase stare decisis generally directs courts to follow this.
What is precedent?
Elle Woods ultimately cracks the murder case because the witness claims to have been doing this to her hair immediately before taking a shower.
What is getting a perm?
This constitutional clause provides that federal law made pursuant to the Constitution takes precedence over conflicting state law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This notoriously stressful two-day licensing examination is generally taken after graduating from law school before practicing as an attorney.
What is the bar exam?