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IDEAS REGARDING JURY SELECTION

IDEAS REGARDING JURY SELECTION

Jury selection has always presented a problem to trial lawyers. Determining the right questions and how to frame them for the issues in the case is a difficult challenge. Under our modern procedure, It has become even more challenging due to the judicially imposed unreasonably short  time limits and the frequent court-imposed process of remote jury selection where the lawyer and the jurors aren’t even in the same room. There is an enormous number of possible questions that might be…

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GERRY SPENCE ON HOW TO CONDUCT VOIR DIRE

GERRY SPENCE ON HOW TO CONDUCT VOIR DIRE

The following  is a talk given eighteen years ago in 1986 by Gerry Spence. It was given at the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and South Texas Law School of Law “Seminar of the Century.” I’m reprinting the original transcript without editing. While it is lengthy it contains vital truths about jury selection done right. From the start of the Trial College I had the privilege of teaching each year with Gerry and other great lawyers. This is an illustration of…

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