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How Do Litigators Build the Perfect Jury in a Polarized World? – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Podcast - Presentation is Paramount
Targeting Safetyism in Defense Voir Dire | Episode 71
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 49 - Perspectives From the Bench: Anatomy of a Criminal Trial With Retired Judge Margaret Foti
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Effective Trial Language Part 3: Jargon
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How Safetyism Is Driving High Plaintiff Verdicts - IMS Insights Podcast Episode 68
Overcoming Safetyism & the Plaintiff Media Machine - IMS Insights Podcast Epsiode 66
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Jury Selection Strategy in Product Liability Litigation – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 64
The Value of Visual Storytelling & Early Jury Research – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 57
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Law Brief®: Trial by Jury - With Richard Lomuscio and Richard Schoenstein
For those of us who select juries in state and federal courts throughout the United States, we wonder out loud how this process will evolve after President Trump’s trials and appeals are all concluded or terminated. Many of...more
The Honorable Margaret Foti, formerly the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, joins host Matt Adams to examine the state’s criminal trial process from the view of the...more
We tend to think of “bias” as it applies to juries, but courts can have their own deep-seated practices. For example, judges will often prefer voir dire questions that focus on the juror’s own assessment of the influence of a...more
In courtrooms making tentative steps toward reopening to in-person jury trials, some of the parties have called for increased use of juror questionnaires, ideally filled out ahead of time either by mail or online. This makes...more
With protests continuing in many major American cities, the civil unrest and violence has had a polarizing effect on the public. While some call for reform and for understanding of what motivates these marches, others call...more
When Trump associate Roger Stone was sentenced last month for obstruction of Congress and witness tampering, there was some pushback from media, Stone’s legal team, and the President himself targeting the jury’s foreperson, a...more
A newly-published study about the effects of voir dire in capital cases suggests that social scientists and the courts may need to reconsider a long-held tenet. For at least the past 35 years, the belief has been that jurors...more
Our ability to understand and to talk to each other is increasingly determined by our political leanings. When we all sit down for family Thanksgiving in a couple of months, politics is likely to be off limits at many tables....more
When your trial-bound case faces complexity, possible juror bias, or potential juror hardships — which is to say, when you have a trial-bound case — you could benefit from a supplemental juror questionnaire, particularly when...more