Advanced Trial Skills: Voir Dire and Jury Selection Pointers

One typically cannot win a case in jury selection. But one can lose a case in jury selection. This course will direct trial lawyers to helpful resources, demonstrate creative strategies for selecting "your" jurors, and debunk worn-out myths about jury selection (like "jury contamination"). 

This program will benefit seasoned practitioners who want to reinvigorate their jury selection skills. The program will highlight helpful sources and will demonstrate effective jury selection techniques.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about strategies for jury selection from treatises

2. Develop techniques to get the quiet jurors talking

3. Employ the law to streamline cause strikes

4. Identify methods of making bias acceptable to jurors