![When you sit down to draft a voir dire, the first questions that come to mind are usually those that deal with experiences similar to the facts of the case and the issues to be decided. In a medical negligence case, you need to know whether any of the jurors […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jury-in-box-201x130.jpg "The Key to Voir Dire: Use Your EAR")
![Introduction The recent legal defense of actor Robert Blake included heavy use of trial technology. While the prosecution relied upon “old-school” trial presentation techniques, including the use of posterboard blowups, printouts of documents and photographs, criminal defense attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach chose other alternatives. For the first time ever, he […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Brooks-1-201x130.png "Jurors and Technology in Trial: What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits")
![Editorial Exuberations Spring is in full swing when it seems like the new calendars just went up on the wall. Our May issue is the biggest we’ve assembled yet both in size and in the range of ideas/perspectives incorporated. Thanks to your reading and suggestions we are continuing to evolve […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/themes/ArrasP/images/thumbnail.png "Editorial Exuberations")
![Again, this issue we have two favorite things. Two ASTC-member trial consultants share their precious [aka favorite] things. Edward P. Schwartz (http://www.eps-consulting.com) tells us about the Livescribe Pulse Pen: One of my favorite things is my new Livescribe Pulse pen. It records audio and synchronizes it with the notes […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/livescribe-201x65.jpg "Favorite Things")
![Thanks to Leslie Ellis of TrialGraphix | Kroll Ontrack we actually have TWO favorite things this issue. Leslie’s Favorite Thing One: My new favorite thing is the TripIt website. You forward your confirmation emails from airlines, hotels, car rentals, etc. to the website, and it puts it all in one, […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/logo-201x72.png "Our Favorite Thing"){kind=logo}
![Happy New Year! For The Jury Expert, it’s especially good to turn the calendar year. In 2008, TJE went digital. We debuted in May, 2008 on the web in the form of downloadable PDF files. Now, especially for 2009, you can read The Jury Expert entirely on-line. You can […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/happy-new-year-201x130.jpg "Editors’ Note")
![Editors Note: Following publication of our September 2008 feature on the preparation of narcissistic witnesses, Doug Keene received queries about how to conduct cross-examination with a narcissistic witness. This brief article addresses questions on how to approach this challenging cross-examination process. Have faith It is natural to fear that […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/Keene1-201x130.jpg "Cross-Examination of the Narcissistic Witness")
![Ain't no living in a perfect world. But we’ll keep on dreaming of living in a perfect world.– Huey Lewis In a perfectly just world, jurors motivated by perfect justice would make consistently well-reasoned judgments based on the law, the evidence and unbiased wisdom. By contrast, “Just World […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/Bennett1-201x130.jpg "Just World Jurors")
![Shortly after the July issue of TJE published, we received an email from an attorney-reader in response to the Christie Brinkley divorce coverage wherein the court-appointed psychologist described Peter Cook, as a "narcissist with an insatiable ego who needs constant reassurance that he is a terrific guy" (CBS News.com, 7/8/2008).”I […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Nar1-201x130.jpg "The Preparation of Narcissistic Witnesses: “I’m Better Than I Need To Be!”")
![Many attorneys are masters of verbal presentation; however, in most litigation, words are no longer enough. Jurors are reluctant to take anyone’s words at face value.1 When only listening to oral presentations, jurors develop unanswerable questions, suspicions or alternative explanations, of which neither they nor attorneys in the case […]](https://www.thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/Perdiek_CCC-201x130.jpg "The 3 Cs in Using Visual Communication to Tell Legal Stories: Communication, Credibility, and the Central Image")
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