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.

1. The Past, Present, & Future
of the Law
By Eric M. Jackson, JacksonWhite

2. The First Lawyer in the World

3. Ancient Greece

4. Ancient Rome

5. “Village Lawyer”by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1621
16th Century painting of civil law notary by Quentin Mastys

6. Colonial Times
Andrew Hamilton, lawyer and Speaker of the Assembly

7. Marbury v. Madison
1803

8. The Frontier Movement

9. Dred Scott v. Sanford
1857

10. Duff Armstrong Case

11. The Industrial Revolution

12. Plessy v. Ferguson
1896

13. 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.

14. Korematsu v. United States
1944

15. The American Bar Association

16. Post World War II

17. Brown v. Board of Education
1954

18. Gideon v. Wainwright
1963

19. Miranda v. Arizona
1966

20. Loving v. Virginia
1967

21. Roe v. Wade
1973

22. Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
1977

23. Bush v. Gore
2000

24. Lawrence v. Texas
2003

26. 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.

27. Top Practice Areas
According 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

28. 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.
• 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.
State Bar of Arizona

29. Strange Laws in Arizona

30. Crazy Modern Court Cases

31. Bar Examinations

32. Arizona Law Schools

33. The Future of Law