Juries: From A to Z
This seminar has already taken place!
Overview
Taught from both Plaintiff and Defense perspectives, this course looks at several crucial aspects of the jury trial, including:
- The art of jury selection
- Common assumptions (and misconceptions) about the ideal jury profile
- Effective use of mock juries -- in the right case
- Keeping the jury "pure" - new trends in restricting a juror's use of social media
- Effective use of motions in limine and jury polling
- Demonstrative evidence and other methods of keeping the jury's attention
Speaker(s)
Meeting Site
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
1152 Lakeland Drive (Just off I-55)
Jackson, MS 39216
Agenda for Thursday, the 31st of July 2014
Agenda is Approximate and Tentative
8:00am - 8:30am - Registration
8:30am - 9:40am - "A" The Art of Jury Selection during Voir Dire Speaker:
9:45am - 11:00am - Beyond Voir Dire: Extra Tools for Getting Inside the Mind of Juror - Mock Trials, Jury Consultants, and More
11:10am - 12:15pm - Keeping the Jury "Pure" - Jury Instructions, Jurors and Social Media, Motions in Limine, and Jury Polling
12:15pm - 1:30pm - Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Connecting with the Jury: Tips on More Effective Jury Communication Speaker:
3:15pm - 4:15pm - "Z" Zealous Advocacy & the Ethics of Jury Practice: An Interactive Session Speaker: