Road to Law School
This common admission test for law school includes logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and analytical reasoning sections.
What is the LSAT?
This 17th-century set of trials accused people of witchcraft.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
Latin for “you shall have the body,” it challenges unlawful detention.
What is habeas corpus?
In Florida, unmarried women are not allowed to do this on Sundays.
What is skydiving?
The legal principle that prevents a person from being tried twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
The central application service used for U.S. law school admissions.
What is LSAC / Law School Admissions Council?
This celebrity lifestyle mogul went to prison in 2004 for insider trading.
Who is Martha Stewart
A court order requiring someone to do or stop doing something.
What is an injunction?
In this state, it’s illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
What is Georgia?
Before trial, both sides exchange evidence in a process called this.
What is discovery?
The professional degree earned after law school.
What is a Juris Doctor or J.D.?
This former football player was tried for murder in 1995 in the “Trial of the Century.”
Who is O.J. Simpson?
Latin for “guilty mind,” it refers to criminal intent.
What is mens rea?
In Arizona, you cannot keep one of these animals in your bathtub.
What is a donkey?
The rule that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
The official character and fitness evaluation is required by this organization.
What is the State Bar?
This teacher was tried in Tennessee in 1925 for teaching evolution.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
A written statement from a higher court agreeing to hear a case.
What is a writ of certiorari?
In Nevada, it’s illegal to ride this animal down the highway.
What is a camel?
A jury that cannot reach a unanimous decision is known as this.
What is a hung jury?
This test, sometimes seen as an alternative to the LSAT, is accepted by some law schools.
What is the GRE?
This California cult leader was tried for orchestrating the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969.
Who was Charles Manson
Latin for “friend of the court,” someone not a party to the case who submits information to help the court decide.
What is amicus curiae?
In Michigan, it’s illegal to put this animal in your neighbor’s mailbox.
What is a skunk?
The legal term for removing a juror without giving a reason, though limited in number.
What is a peremptory challenge?