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“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.”

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Jan 24, 2018 Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Respond to Your Jury Summons
Nov 17, 2017 Some Additional Thoughts on Juror Discussions During Trial and Juror Questions
Nov 15, 2017 Concurrent Expert Evidence in the United States – Is There a Role for Hot Tubbing?
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

  • about 14 hours ago

    "It seems supremely unjust...to hold individuals to an arbitration clause... particularly when those individuals h… https://t.co/BBvSRcpOok

  • about 19 hours ago

    "A lawsuit in California claims Uber is purposefully delaying the arbitration requests of more than 12,000 drivers.… https://t.co/ZjebdeKpsV

  • about 19 hours ago

    Check out press coverage of the Civil Jury Project's successful Jury Improvement Lunch in Palm Beach last Friday:… https://t.co/DrPczcS4Kc

  • December 9

    Jury duty has been simplified for those summoned in Iowa https://t.co/atVYJgKAv4 via @Messenger_News

  • December 5

    Professors at Wake Forest Law completed a study of racial bias in the exercise of peremptory challenges in North Ca… https://t.co/lPHbhK7Y0u

  • December 3

    "With the rise of the #MeToo movement, companies have been forced to re-examine how they litigate and settle alleg… https://t.co/JtJEyFqH8i

  • December 3

    "A former Tinder employee who accused the dating app company of sexual harassment and retaliation asked a Californ… https://t.co/RUXpefN6jA

  • December 3

    "Mandatory arbitration deprives workers and consumers of their rights, most importantly their constitutional right… https://t.co/grD5p66U1I

  • November 28

    RT @BronxDefenders: In a critical decision, the NY Court of Appeals has ruled that immigrants are entitled to a jury trial, even when they'…

  • November 28

    RT @steve_vladeck: This is a monumental ruling from a state supreme court. For decades, #SCOTUS has held that there's no right to a jury…

  • November 28

    RT @Law360: BREAKING: Jury Clears Tata Of U.S. Workers' Discrimination Claims https://t.co/IYoGS5BcCW https://t.co/SKrv4IqhDc

  • November 28

    "Lawsuits in courts are part of how the public comes to understand and account for pervasive wrongdoing." via @Slate https://t.co/WMPmufHuor

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