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Jury Duty, Practice PointersBest Secrets Of Voir Dire (Or Why You Didn't Get Picked As A Juror)
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Morning Docket: 10.28.14
* Some observers do not appreciate the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Delphic pronouncements on a slew of hot-button issues. [New York Times]
* The New York Court of Appeals does international banks a solid — but is it bad policy? [Reuters]
* Fired Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi hires Dentons to sue CBC, which dismissed him over allegations of sexual misconduct. [American Lawyer]
* Is post-Citizens United money polluting judicial elections? [New York Times via How Appealing]
* An Englishman sues Sotheby’s, alleging that the auction house negligently failed to inform him that a painting he sold through Sotheby’s was by Caravaggio and worth millions. [BBC]
* If you’re a lawyer looking for extra income, check out Avvo’s new service, which offers consumers on-demand legal advice for a fixed fee. [Law Sites via ABA Journal]
* Is it reversible error for a judge to refuse to ask voir dire questions related to sexual-preference prejudices? [Southern District of Florida via How Appealing]
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Jury Duty, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Solo Practitioners, Trials
Should Attorneys Be Prevented From Googling Jurors During Voir Dire?
Looking up people online has become the de facto response to, well, everything -- so why not during voir dire?
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Crime, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Technology, Trials
Today's Tech: A Public Defender And Her iPad
Tech columnist Niki Black looks at how one criminal defense attorney uses an iPad to support her practice and better represent her clients. -
Crime, Jury Duty, New York Times, State Judges, Television, Trials
Elie Draws Jury Duty: Day One -- Voir Dire
Elie Mystal has successfully avoided jury duty since he moved back to New York in 2003, but this week they finally caught up with him. This week, he had to perform his civic responsibility of sitting in judgment of his peers (like he doesn't do that enough already). Today he got an up-close look at the voir dire process in a criminal trial. While he was not picked, he feels like his McMurphy-esque fingerprints will be all over the case. -
Facebook, Jury Duty, Technology, Trials, Twittering
If You're Not Using Facebook, You're A Bad Lawyer
If you’re not booting up your laptop or iPad during voir dire, you’re not a very good lawyer. That’s my takeaway from recent WSJ and Reuters articles on jury selection in the social media age. This week, the Wall Street Journal took a look at the evolution of jury selection in the age of social […]
