JURY SELECTION AND THEME IDEAS FROM ERIC OLIVER
Eric Oliver is a long time friend and a very experienced jury consultant. http://www.eric-oliver.com/ He wrote an article about communications “Heard Mentality.” Some of the observations Eric made are important to remember in our practice and are summarized below: Jurors begin their understanding of our story with a theme. We all make sense of case stories by starting at the most general level and working down to details. A theme provides a general direction. If you do not provide a…