1. Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice led the National Football League in rushing while playing for Pittsburgh?
A. Justice Byron R. WhiteB. Justice Ruth Ginsburg
C. Justice Clarence Thomas
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2. Which U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice worked full-time in the accounting department of an insurance company while attending law school at night?
A. Chief Justice William RehnquistB. Chief Justice John Roberts
C. Chief Justice Warren Burger
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3. Who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
A. Justice Janet RenoB. Justice Ruth Ginsburg
C. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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4. Who was the first African-American person to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
A. Justice Thurgood MarshallB. Justice Clarence Thomas
C. Justice Anthony Kennedy
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5. Who is the current head attorney of the United States?
Answer6. Which state elected a lawyer to be the first Chinese-American governor in U.S. history?
Answer7. In 2006, what percentage of the U.S. Senators are lawyers?
A. 53%B. 25%
C. 90%
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8. In 2006, what percentage of the U.S. Congressmen are lawyers?
A. 36%B. 95%
C. 50%
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9. How many U.S. presidents were also lawyers?
A. 40 (of the forty-three presidents)B. 5 (of the forty-three presidents)
C. 25 (of the forty-three presidents)
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10. Which law school did "Legally Blond" Elle Woods get accepted to?
A. Harvard Law School B. Yale Law School C. Stanford Law School Answer11. All of these people, except one, went to law school. Which person listed did not go to law school? Geraldo Rivera, Tom Brokaw, John Grisham, or Howard Cosell?
Answer13. How many law schools are there in the United States?
Answer14. For this past school year (2005-2006), how many students started law school?
A. 48,132 students enrolled as first year law students.B 10,431 students enrolled as first year law students
C. 35,763 students enrolled as first year law students
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15. Why must a cop tell a person that he or she "has the right to remain silent?"
Answer16. Who is the second African American person to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer17. Which bar association represents the interests of African-American lawyers?
Answer18. What U.S. Supreme Court decision declared school segregation unconstitutional?
Answer19. Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?
A. The Thirteenth AmendmentB.
C.
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20. Who was the first African-American person to be a Supreme Court law clerk, and which justice did he serve?
Answer21. Who was America's first lawyer-president?
A. George WashingtonB. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
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22. Which lawyer-president was a law reporter, prosecuting attorney, superior court and federal judge, law school professor and dean, U.S. solicitor general, and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Answer23. In what year did the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino civil rights organization, come into existence?
A. 1968B. 1995
C. 1922
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24. Which Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives us the right to freedom of speech and freedom of religion?
Answer25. Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects us from unreasonable search and seizure?
Answer26. Abraham Lincoln was known as the Boy Lawyer, an Honest Lawyer, the Prairie Lawyer or the Reluctant Lawyer?
Answer27. Who was the first woman to be a Supreme Court law clerk,, and which justice did she serve?
Answer28. Which state has the most active lawyers in 2006?
A. CaliforniaB. New York
C. Illinois
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29. Which epic film by Richard Attenborough depicts the story of an Indian lawyer?
Answer30. Which state has the fewest active lawyers in 2006?
A. North DakotaB. Rhode Island
C. Indiana
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31. Which was the first law school founded in the United States?
A. Georgetown in Washington DCB. Yale in New Haven, Connecticut
C. William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
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32. Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, how many were lawyers?
A. TenB. Twenty-five
C. Fifty
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33. What is the name of a degree in law?
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