Clarence Darrow was John Scopes' lawyer. The opposite lawyer was Bryan. Bryan won the case, but he lost the argument. Evolution wasn't taught in the classroom for another 45 years.
The Lawyer who won the trial was Attorney William Jennings Bryan. However it might be important to point out that the verdict was later overturned by the appellate court of Tennessee.Correction: Attorney Clarance Darrow was the lawyer who won the trial. Attorney William Jennings Bryan was council for the defense. The case was still overturned on appeal.Note: the Scopes trial was not "against evolution", it was against teaching evolution in any state funded school or university. See the link below for the complete story of the Scopes trial.
Clarence Darrow
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
Thomas nast
He was a defense attorney in the Scopes trial
Legally, William Jennings Bryan won the Scopes trial. But the long-term effect of the Scopes trial was the end of the fundamentalist movement and the rise of modernism and urban values such as evolution and science over religion.
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
It was Clarence Darrow who is better known for the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925.
his role as a defense lawyer, particularly in the "Scopes Trial".
After the Scopes trial in 1925, state legislatures enacted more laws mandating the teaching of evolution in schools. However, anti-evolution laws persisted in some states until they were struck down by the Supreme Court in the 1960s. The trial helped shape public opinion and the legal landscape regarding the teaching of evolution in schools.
The Scopes Trial, formally known as "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes" took place in Dayton, Tennessee.