Recap Quiz

Who is not HUSL alum?

• Vernon Jordan

• Thurgood Marshall

• Kamala Harris

• Damon Keith

In 1872, ___became the first woman to graduate from Howard's School of Law, and the first African American woman in the U.S. to receive a law degree.

• Mary Ann Shadd

• Charlotte E. Ray

• Pauline Murray

• Dovey Roundtree

Famous alum: Mary Ann Shadd is famous for what?

• Helping freedom seekers during the underground railroad

• Being the second woman to graduate from Howard Law

• Opening a school for black and white children in Canada

• All of the above

An ALR is a helpful secondary source because:

• An ALR is not a helpful source for research.

• You can cite to it in your brief.

• It provides all the cases on a given subject in condensed form.

• It gives you general background information about a case.

When I see an unpublished opinion in practice, my next step is:

• Look up the court rules to determine what weight an unpublished opinion has

• Ask my supervisor what to do

• Ignore it completely since it is not usable

• It depends

What is the weakest type of argument?

• Policy

• Intent

• Policy

• Tradition

Why is tradition the weakest argument?

• Because tradition is never used by good lawyers

• Because it is based upon feelings that can change

• Because tradition is linked to policy

• Because tradition is never used in the Supreme Court

In a facts statement, sandwiching your bad facts between your good facts is called

• Sandwiching

• The Dougie

• Ineffective

• Pointillism

"But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms" is an example of:

• policy

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Structuring a legal document should be structured around

• every issue you identify

• the issues that are in dispute and rules

• every issue the problem has and rules

• Rules