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What is a D.A., Attorney General and U.S. Attorney.
3 Prosecutor Positions at the local, state and federal level.
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What is common law marriage.
A type of marriage that is informal and the couple does not have a license.
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What is a contract?
A legally enforceable agreement containing one or more promises.
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What is LSAC?
You must register here in order to apply to law school.
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What is Bill Clinton and Barack Obama?
These 2 U.S. Presidents were lawyers and their wives are lawyers.
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Who is Eric Holder?
First African American to hold the position as United States Attorney General,
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What is a pre-nuptial agreement.
Kanye and Kim signed this before they got married.
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What is a voidable contract?
A party can elect to avoid an obligation created by a contract.
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What is 3 years?
The number of years it takes to graduate from law school.
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What is Harvard Law School?
This ivy League law school in the country.
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What is Solicitation?
This occurs why you ask, hire or encourage another to commit a crime.
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What is annulment, legal separation or divorce?
2 ways you can end a spousal relationship.
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What is duress, fraud, misrepresentation, mistake and undue influence?
2 of the 5 ways that consent can be invalid.
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What is Howard, Southern University and FAMU?
These HBCU Law School are in DC, Louisiana and Florida
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What is a LLM?
This advanced law degree may be obtained after receiving a juris doctorate.
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What is alibi, good character, justification and duress?
3 defenses to a crime.
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What is emancipation?
A youth under the ages seeks this to be declared grown and independent by a court before the age of majority.
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What is offer, acceptance and consideration.
3 elements of a contract.
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What is Law Review?
This is the top distinction for students who receive high grades in law school.
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What is the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?
Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley worked here before becoming federal judges.
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What are Miranda Rights?
Police must provide this before asking a suspect questions.
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What is a family?
A unit consisting of persons who care for each other.
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What is the statute of fraud?
This principal requires that certain contracts are in writing.
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What is the Bar Examination?
You must take this in order to practice law.
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Who Is Carlton Reeves
This federal judge is the first JSU grad to be appointed to the federal bench in Mississippi.
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