Jury trials
are in decline.

What are the implications?

“Trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.”

James Madison

James Madison

latest posts

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Nov 14, 2017 Is There a Perception Problem with the American Jury System?

Nov 13, 2017 We Hold These Jury Decision-Making Truths to be Self-Evident

Nov 10, 2017 Understanding Bias: Preserving Peremptory Challenges, Preventing their Discriminatory Use, and Providing Fairer and More Impartial Juries

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@JuryMatters

October 14

"Roller Coaster Model Co. Wants To Arbitrate Lego Dispute" https://t.co/PDelmteH0c via @law360
October 14

$2.3 million raised by Louisiana unanimous jury advocates https://t.co/iKFjHOA5fL via @NOLAnews
October 14

Opinion piece via @sfchronicle: "Let $289 million jury award stand in Monsanto case" https://t.co/ipHHXhxbtK
October 12

RT @LADailyJournal: Nora Freeman Engstrom: The downsizing of the American civil trial https://t.co/n7gs4Qt1hC @StanfordLaw https://t.co/WNC…
October 8

Have you served as a civil juror in NYC in the past couple years? Would you be willing to participate in a jury imp… https://t.co/H1neAZSiXD
October 5

"Koch network pushing passage of Louisiana unanimous-jury law" https://t.co/aPiq5Eau9u via @theobserver
October 5

"Jury: No gender, pregnancy discrimination in East Greenbush former superintendent case" https://t.co/PlGIIKQeXx via @timesunion
October 5

Following Epic, the Ninth Circuit upholds class-action waivers in Uber arbitration agreement https://t.co/mqBvnFFSbE
October 5

Colorado Court of Appeals broadens scope of arbitration clauses with ruling https://t.co/PKZfZzlod0
October 5

"Drivers on the Go Say No to Arbitration in Wage Lawsuit" https://t.co/zlUWgTMKeS via @lexology
October 2

“Jury: No gender, pregnancy discrimination in East Greenbush former superintendent case” https://t.co/PlGIIKQeXx
September 30

This week the Civil Jury Project will be in Los Angeles and Tucson talking to former jurors! Looking forward to man… https://t.co/abk3qgiSbO