Current Issue - March, 2024 Vol. 31, No. 1
  • By Lotfi Ben Othmane & Clint Townson The field of jury consulting has been assailed as non-scientific for decades (Kressel & Kressel, 2002). Even now, the value of consulting is questioned by some at the highest tiers of the legal system (Zoppo, 2023). A big part of the critique has […]

    Thinking IS Communicating: Using EEG Data from Mock Jurors

    By Lotfi Ben Othmane & Clint Townson The field of jury consulting has been assailed as non-scientific for decades (Kressel & Kressel, 2002). Even now, the value of consulting is questioned by some at the highest tiers of the legal system (Zoppo, 2023). A big part of the critique has […]

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  • Photo by Alina Grubnyak  Analytics refers to the systematic analysis of data for the purpose of discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns. Analytics is critical to informed and effective decision-making in science, business, sports, economics, defense, international relations, and countless other fields. Trial analytics refers to the use of […]

    Trial Analytics: Efficient Evaluation of Juror Questionnaires Using Cluster Analysis

    Photo by Alina Grubnyak  Analytics refers to the systematic analysis of data for the purpose of discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns. Analytics is critical to informed and effective decision-making in science, business, sports, economics, defense, international relations, and countless other fields. Trial analytics refers to the use of […]

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Most Recent Articles
  • The Jury Expert is entering a new era, with a fresh staff of editors, authors, and ideas. To re-launch the publication, we asked a huge contributor to the old TJE (Rita Handrich) and a contributor to the new TJE (Clint Townson) to share their thoughts and reflections on TJE and […]

    A Bridge from Past to Future: A Conversation Between Two TJE Editors

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    The Jury Expert is entering a new era, with a fresh staff of editors, authors, and ideas. To re-launch the publication, we asked a huge contributor to the old TJE (Rita Handrich) and a contributor to the new TJE (Clint Townson) to share their thoughts and reflections on TJE and […]

  • The impact of the internet on jury trials has been dramatic, opening up new avenues for both uncovering information about potential jurors for jury selection purposes and inappropriate, and potential, misconduct by jurors.[1]  For jury selection, the internet provides resources with which to understand potential jurors (and identify potentially favorable […]

    It Matters Who Conducts Internet Research on Potential Jurors: An Internet Research Firm v. Law Firm Comparison

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    The impact of the internet on jury trials has been dramatic, opening up new avenues for both uncovering information about potential jurors for jury selection purposes and inappropriate, and potential, misconduct by jurors.[1]  For jury selection, the internet provides resources with which to understand potential jurors (and identify potentially favorable […]

  • If April showers bring May flowers, what does March bring? This year it was crushed brackets as unprecedented wins by Cinderella teams made their way into the Final Four. Traditional water cooler chatter was replaced by discussions about top seeded teams being bested by lower ranked teams. With the obvious […]

    The Underdog Effect

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    If April showers bring May flowers, what does March bring? This year it was crushed brackets as unprecedented wins by Cinderella teams made their way into the Final Four. Traditional water cooler chatter was replaced by discussions about top seeded teams being bested by lower ranked teams. With the obvious […]

  •   Few trials involving child sexual abuse have reached the level of notoriety as United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (2021). Maxwell was convicted of five counts of child sex trafficking stemming from her involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors. But a month later, a juror in her case […]

    Jurors’ Own History of Child Sexual Abuse is Related to their Reactions to Child Victims and Case Judgments

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      Few trials involving child sexual abuse have reached the level of notoriety as United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (2021). Maxwell was convicted of five counts of child sex trafficking stemming from her involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors. But a month later, a juror in her case […]