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

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

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May 23

RT @endforcedarb: "The now more conservative NLRB has rolled back a series of other policies ... Changing arbitration deferral standards wi…
May 23

RT @endforcedarb: Think of forced arbitration “less as a mechanism of ‘alternative dispute resolution’ than as an ex ante waiver of legal r…
May 23

RT @AnnaOffit: More forced arbitration news, fyi- @endforcedarb @tanuja822 @JuryMatters https://t.co/2dLWjiJS8T
May 22

RT @StateCourts: From @slate: Should cameras be allowed in the #courtroom? A federal judge discusses questions around transparency, and why…
May 22

Thanks for running this fantastic jury service endorsement, @newhavenindy ! https://t.co/xy5Du4Ta4a
May 22

RT @endforcedarb: 5/21/19: Now, a new report from @EconomicPolicy and @PopDemoc estimates that by 2024, more than 80% of private sector, no…
May 22

RT @abronstadlaw: Manhattan jury awards $25M verdict in a case linking Johnson & Johnson talc products to mesothelioma https://t.co/7Y9HX9c…
May 22

RT @AnnaOffit: "Jury membership is democratic royalty." Op ed by a former Connecticut juror https://t.co/8uv3g39Dox via @newhavenindy
May 21

RT @RachelDeutsch6: New report from @EconomicPolicy and @PopDemoc: by 2024, more than 80% of private sector, non-union workers will be unab…
May 21

RT @CourtroomLogic: “Juries can be unpredictable, so there is always a possibility of liability in a jury #trial even in the strongest case…
May 20

Previewing jury service in 6th grade-- a great idea! https://t.co/OW5vAkmDgR
May 20

RT @CourtroomLogic: Interesting opinion piece on #juryduty penned by a college professor: "I’m awed by the opportunity to participate –to s…

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Jury trials are in decline.

What are the implications?

Jury trials
are in decline.