I never thought when I had Colin Cowherd’s The Herd on as a much needed distraction from all the political news, that there’d be a
I wanted to begin this column with the observation that the election is finally over, but your perspective on that probably depends on your political
This week, Sound Jury Consulting launched its CleverEd Continuing Legal Education program. This is an incredible resource for litigators to earn CLE credits online while
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the impact of emotional economy on juror decision-making. Research tells us that the emotional state of jurors has
Millennial and Gen Z jurors. If you are a defense attorney, your blood pressure might already be rising at the mere mention of the emergence
As some of our readers may already know, King County Superior Courts in Seattle, Washington have resumed civil jury trials with a novel strategy for
During a recent mock trial, when a juror expressed an opinion that was directly refuted by the evidence in the case and a few other
The concept of anchors for damage awards at trial is nothing new. The research on the importance of anchors goes back decades. Numerous studies have
In all of my days working predominantly for the defense in civil cases, my clients have openly longed for “intelligent” jurors who they believed would
“Six months into the pandemic, trial-by-video-jury – at least in the civil context – is beginning to morph from experiment to expectation. And while lawyers
One of the first memorable studies that I read about jury psychology in graduate school was the 1997 study by Neil Feigenson and colleagues on
By Scott Herndon, M.A. When I joined Sound Jury Consulting 5 years ago, I entered with a unique background – I am a college debate
With every project, I’m reminded of the power of a mock trial to effectively and efficiently inform one’s litigation strategy. Too often I think attorneys
This past week, King County Superior Courts in Seattle, Washington laid out their plans for the resumption of civil jury trials. In an effort to
Protests, COVID, health care, stimulus package, Trump, news (fake or otherwise), monuments, and on and on and on. This country is more divided than ever
Yesterday, Seattle Public Schools announced that remote learning will continue indefinitely, meaning public school kids are not going back to school in the fall. A
“I don’t think it would make a difference at all. I’m not even convinced this whole coronavirus thing is real. I don’t know anyone who’s
For the past couple of years, we’ve been conducting national surveys on a variety of subjects in order to find out what kinds of
Traumatic national events, like the COVID-19 pandemic elicit a broad range of emotions in potential jurors. Jurors, like all of us, worry about the safety
I, like most of you, have probably been having some difficult conversations lately. The most difficult, though, are not just steeped in real ideological differences,
