Friday, December 31, 2010

Harness Jurors’ Wandering Minds: New Science

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New research from Harvard University psychologists (Matthew A. Killingsworth & Daniel T. Gilbert) shows that people spend 46.9% of thei...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Great Recession and Your Jury

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A recent Pew Center Research Publication (September 24, 2010) brought to light how the Great Recession has had significantly different impac...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Handling the Angry Witness

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You’re gearing up for trial, you hardly have the time or patience to deal with an angry witness. Yet there you are, in the unenviable positi...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Not A Passive Jury Anymore

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Sitting sedately in the jury box, jurors appear to be a captive, passive audience, receptive to the lawyers’ and witnesses’ every utterance....
Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Changing Face of Jury Pools

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The Superior Courts in Riverside and Murrieta have childcare available for jurors. They accept children three years and older, who are potty...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

How to Translate the Expert’s Opinions into Expert Testimony

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An expert I recently worked with was brilliant, no doubt. His credentials were superb, his authority on the matter in question, well, unques...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

How to Appeal to Silent Generation Jurors

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Because we are living longer, and living for the most part healthier as we age, you may find a surprising number of “Silent Generation” juro...