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Vol. 27/No. 3 August 2015 Archive
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The Collapse of Civil Jury Trial and What To Do About It
by Renée Lettow LernerPosted on August 28, 2015 | 7 CommentsAre we witnessing the death of the civil jury system? Perhaps. A GWU professor lays out the case for abolishing the civil jury and Susie Macpherson (a trial consultant) and Tom Melsheimer (a litigator) respond. -
Abolition of Juries: The Switzerland Experience
by Dr. Gwladys Gilliéron, LL.M and Yves Benda, M.Sc. and Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D.Posted on August 28, 2015 | 2 CommentsWhat happened in Switzerland when they abolished civil juries? -
Do Trial Consultants Spell the End of Justice?
by Adam Benforado, J.D.Posted on August 28, 2015 | 1 CommentDo trial consultants spell the end of justice? Or the other way around? Or, perhaps, somewhere in the middle? -
Hunting Dinosaurs? A Conversation with Steve Susman and Tara Trask on the Vanishing Jury Trial
by L. Hailey Drescher, M.A.Posted on August 28, 2015 | 1 CommentAn exciting new project at NYU: The Civil Jury Project. Here's a conversation between Steve Susman and Tara Trask about the project. -
Juries, Joinder, and Justice
by Krystia Reed, M.A. and Brian H. Bornstein, Ph.D., MLSPosted on August 28, 2015 | 1 CommentHow should you act differently on joinder when in a civil or criminal trial? Here's research to aid you with two trial consultant reactions. -
Thank and Excuse: Five Steps Toward Improving Jury Selection
by Richard GabrielPosted on August 28, 2015 | 6 CommentsWhy peremptory strikes matter and how to use them to improve jury selection. -
Feedback Groups: A Useful Low-Cost Tool for Trial Consultants and Their Clients
by Allan CampoPosted on August 28, 2015 | 1 CommentHere's a low-cost strategy to get good pretrial feedback on your case. -
Looking for Lying in All the Wrong Places
by Bill GrimesPosted on August 28, 2015 | 2 CommentsWant the latest update on the deception literature? Can we tell who is lying yet? -
![When we at The Jury Expert saw Renée Lettow Lerner’s writing on the collapse of the civil jury system in the Washington Post as she guest-blogged for the Volokh Conspiracy it was clear the ideas she expressed were not ideas that resonated with our own experiences in the courtroom. So […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/Editor_thumb1-115x115.png "Note from the Editor: Is the Civil Jury System Dying?")
Note from the Editor: Is the Civil Jury System Dying?
by Rita R. Handrich, Ph.D.Posted on August 28, 2015 | No CommentsWhen we at The Jury Expert saw Renée Lettow Lerner’s writing on the collapse of the civil jury system in the Washington Post as she guest-blogged for the Volokh Conspiracy it was clear the ideas she expressed were not ideas that resonated with our own experiences in the courtroom. So […]