Teenagers' innate interest with the justice system is one of the reasons that so many high school literary classics teem with criminals, controversial issues, and trials. Novels such as "To Kill a Mockingbird," "A Separate Peace," "The Crucible," and "Twelve Angry Men" feature high-impact trials. In the author's desire to tap into this interest, she developed a Famous Trials Research Project to use with tenth grade English students in conjunction with the play "Inherit the Wind." In this article, the author describes how to get started with this project. (Contains 4 figures.)