Millennial jurors and the Internet

The Internet brings instant information to jurors that can lead to big problems at trial

Jacqueline Connor

From Issue: 2011 September

Lessons from a novelist on picking a jury

The story you tell must be yours, not one that somebody else has told in another place at another time

Walter (“Skip”) Walker

From Issue: 2020 January

Jury selection: Strong personalities

Identifying the “poison” jurors and getting both the good and bad jurors talking

Robert Simon
Sevy Fisher

From Issue: 2016 February

Jury consultants and mock trials

Sometimes it pays to get the help of jury consultants and their stable of mock jurors to get a handle on the more difficult cases

William Veen
Corey Friedman

From Issue: 2008 December

Juror, back away from the iPhone!

To the frustration of judges and attorneys, jurors are using BlackBerrys and iPhones to research cases or post updates on trials

Anayat Durrani

From Issue: 2010 August

It’s complicated: Handling cases with difficult fact patterns

Be open, tell the truth and bring out your problems before the defense does

Browne Greene

From Issue: 2014 February

Lights and cameras; Tweets and Google

With TV cameras in the courtroom, cutting off jurors from Web searches and social media is proving more difficult

Anayat Durrani

From Issue: 2011 November

Jury selection: There’s an app for that

A look at the usefulness of social network information in juror selection and apps for the courtroom that could make voir dire more efficient and effective

Anayat Durrani

From Issue: 2011 April

Jury research

Talk to jurors post-verdict to learn, improve, and evaluate the verdict

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2023 September

Jurors: What they see trumps who they are

Pay attention to juror selection, but pay more attention to the story you tell them

Edward P. Schwartz
Katherine James

From Issue: 2008 December

Juror declarations

Why juror declarations are key in new trial motions – and on appeal

Valerie T. McGinty

From Issue: 2021 December

iPads for jurors

Replacing the exhibit binders, iPads appear to help jurors better connect with the case

William M. Margolin

From Issue: 2015 February