Black Legacies
First Black Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
A case in which the Supreme Court held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Loving v. Virginia
The date Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International was founded
November 8, 1902
The process of taking legal action or settling a dispute in court
Litigation
Name one brother of the Howard University Pre Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International that spoke on the Alumni Panel on Wednesday
Adia Dunn, Autumn Buckley, Kyle Veazie, Tatiana Mayo
Lawyer and Jurist, this Black woman is now a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court Case famously known as "separate but equal" due to the decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution
Plessy v. Ferguson
The City and/or Law School where Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International was founded
Chicago/Chicago-Kent
A procedural defense that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the same charges following an acquittal
Double Jeopardy
The theme for the Howard University Pre Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International Fall 2023 Recruitment Week
Order in the Court
Black woman who was recently inducted as the Race and Black politics Endowed Chair at Howard University, and served as the Georgia State Representatives
Stacey Abrams
The landmark case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional and violated the 14th amendment
Brown v. Board of Education
Name a President of the U.S who is a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
Joe Biden, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, James Carter, Warren Harding, William Clinton Jr.
The doctrine that gives an individual under arrest the right to an attorney and states that anything said can or will be used against them in the court of law
Miranda Rights/Doctrine
LSAT Prep Program that our chapter host partnership events with every year in order to provide resources to pre law students
Apollo
Black American lawyer who served as the Dean of Howard University Law School, with the main building named after him, and was the first general counsel for the NAACP
Charles Hamilton Houston
The landmark case that was recently overturned, after being affirmed in 1973 by the U.S Supreme Court ruling that protected a right to have an abortion
Roe v. Wade
The first Black person initiated into Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
Earl Neal
A comprehensive and organized written document that summarizes and analyzes relevant laws based on legal research to support a conclusion on a particular legal issue
Memorandum (Memo)
A week where we host a series of events in partnership with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, Alpha Chapter and Delta Sigma Pi, Iota Rho Chapter
Purple and Gold Week
Legal trailblazer as the first Black woman lawyer in the nation, admitted to the bar in Washington D.C and graduated from Howard University Law School in 1872
Charlotte E. Ray
The landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The year women were integrated into Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
1970
Latin word meaning âyou should have the body', this concept is a fundamental right in the Constitution that protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
The previous President of the Howard University Pre-Law Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International that graduated with a B.A in criminology
Allyssa Williams