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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.”

James Madison

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latest posts

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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  • about 19 hours ago

    RT @endforcedarb: Google announced it would end forced arbitration for its full-time and temporary workforce by today Mar 21. While Google…

  • about 20 hours ago

    RT @madeleinebaran: Signing off for the night! What a day. Looking forward to bringing you an in-depth episode of @InTheDarkAPM early next…

  • March 20

    RT @LexisNexis: Frazzled, overworked judges are getting creative trying to handle ballooning caseloads. Learn more in @Law360's latest In-D…

  • March 20

    RT @DanClarkReports: NEW: An undocumented immigrant in Queens was denied a jury trial by a judge who said his motion for one was too little…

  • March 20

    RT @NYLawJournal: No jury trial for undocumented immigrant Fredy Lopez in New York City. A Queens judge said his motion to do so was made t…

  • March 20

    RT @adamliptak: Clarence Thomas questions a lawyer for the defendant in a case on race-discrimination in jury selection https://t.co/gMDLLO…

  • March 20

    RT @madeleinebaran: The lawyers for both sides & justices across the liberal-conservative spectrum agreed that the history of the prosecuto…

  • March 20

    RT @madeleinebaran: More than 200 people in line this morning for oral arguments in the Flowers case. @InTheDarkAPM https://t.co/auL7lZlXXo

  • March 20

    RT @madeleinebaran: Justice Kavanaugh emphasized importance of Batson to the community’s confidence in the criminal justice system.

  • March 19

    The Civil Jury Project's @AnnaOffit is heading to DC for tomorrow's Flowers v. Mississippi #SCOTUS oral arguments.… https://t.co/emUPoXKV5m

  • March 19

    RT @ReutersBiz: A jury rules Bayer's Roundup weed killer was a 'substantial factor' in causing a man's cancer, allowing the trial to procee…

  • March 18

    RT @AnnaOffit: A lucid portrait of why repeated and ignored instances of prosecutorial misconduct & discrimination erode the legitimacy of…

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