the past, present, & future of the law
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Take a visual trip through the history of the law in the United States. Learn about how the legal profession was formed and cultivated and which court cases altered our country's trajectory.TRANSCRIPT
The Past, Present, & Future
of the Law
By Eric M. Jackson, JacksonWhite
The First Lawyer in the World
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
“Village Lawyer”by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1621
16th Century painting of civil law notary by Quentin Mastys
Colonial Times
Andrew Hamilton, lawyer and Speaker of the Assembly
Marbury v. Madison
1803
The Frontier Movement
Dred Scott v. Sanford
1857
Duff Armstrong Case
The Industrial Revolution
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896
Diversity
John S. Rock, the first African-American lawyer to practice before
the U.S. Supreme Court
Myra Bradwell became the first female lawyer in Illinois in 1892.
Korematsu v. United States
1944
The American Bar Association
Post World War II
Brown v. Board of Education
1954
Gideon v. Wainwright
1963
Miranda v. Arizona
1966
Loving v. Virginia
1967
Roe v. Wade
1973
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
1977
Bush v. Gore
2000
Lawrence v. Texas
2003
The Modern Lawyer
• There are 1,268,011 active attorneys in the United States. 75% in Private Practice.†
• 88.1% of US attorneys are white (4.8% African American, 3.7% Hispanic, 3.4% Asian Pacific American).±
• 70% of US attorneys are male.¯
• The annual median salary of lawyers in the United States is between $64,160 and $162,800.* • Arizona falls in the range of
$129,800-$162,800.
†American Bar Association, December 31, 2012.± 2010 U.S. Census, Bureau of the Census.¯The Lawyer Statistical Report, American Bar Foundation, 2012*Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages, May 2013.
Top Practice AreasAccording to the University of Michigan Law School, June 2010.
• Administrative/Regulatory (Government Practice)• Antitrust• Appellate Litigation• Bankruptcy • Corporate• Criminal Law (Prosecution & Defense)• Employee Benefits/ERISA• Employment Discrimination/Labor Law• Energy• Entertainment/Sports/Media & Communication • Environmental Law• Family Law• General Litigation (Civil & Criminal)• Health Care• Immigration Law• Insurance Law (Transactional & Litigation) • Intellectual Property (Licensing & Tech Transfer, Litigation, Patent Prosecution)• International Human Rights• International Trade• Legislative/Lobbying• Real Estate• Securities (Transactional & Litigation)• Tax • Tort/Personal Injury
Arizona• Joseph C. Padilla is the first
Hispanic attorney in AZ in 1936.
• Hayzel B. Daniels is the first African-American admitted to the State Bar in 1948.
• Rodney B. Lewis is the first Native American admitted to the State Bar in 1972.
• Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Sandra Day O’Connor is the first woman nominated to sit on the United States Supreme Court in 1981.
State Bar of Arizona
• First statewide Bar association formed 1895.
• Mandatory membership to the State Bar was adopted in 1933.
• Today, the State Bar serves more than 17,600 active attorneys.
Strange Laws in Arizona
Crazy Modern Court Cases
Bar Examinations
Arizona Law Schools
The Future of Law