#trying cases

Jury Selection – Watch Every Juror

Most courtrooms across the nation are cramped with desks, chairs, and some even have columns cutting right through the well. Because of this we get used to always having one or two jurors during jury selection that we can’t really see from where we are sitting. At first this doesn’t seem like a big deal. So what if I can’t see one or two people, surely I will know what I need to know about them…

As a trial lawyer most of your training outside of the basics will come from trying cases. But no matter how trial active you are you will not be in trial every day.  In fact, recent trends suggest that you probably will not even be in trial every month. Since you won’t be trying cases every day you should look elsewhere to improve your skills during the downtime from trial.  Books are an…