THE IMPACT OF COVID ON JURY SELECTION
What follows are the PowerPoint slides of a talk I gave about trial persuasion and the impact of Covid. The slides are essentially self describing and present earlier jury research on the subject.
OPENING STATEMENTS THAT GRAB THE JURY
OPENING STATEMENTS THAT GRAB THE JURY “He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.” Joseph Conrad SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS The legal function of an opening statement is to tell the jury the nature of the case, what the issues are and what the party proposes to prove in support of their claims. It is usually added…
Sorry for my absence
The explanation for my failure to maintain this blog recently is a Medical one. In early April I was scheduled for a artificial valve replacement which was to have kept me in the hospital a couple of days and return to normal life. However, there was a complication Requiring my return for an open-heart procedure which was totally unexpected. Since that time I have been through recovery and in a coronary rehabilitation process. The good news is that I have…