Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Juries and Jury Instructions
Mastering voir dire and jury selection
589 pages. Updated by new edition.
This new and expanded edition by one of the nation's most experienced trial consultants goes beyond other books on jury selection and focuses on the skills needed to conduct effective voir dire and jury selection, ultimately improving your chances of a favorable verdict at trial. This valuable guide will help you understand effective voir dire and jury selection strategies and adapt them to the unique circumstances you face in your trial jurisdiction. This new edition updates and expands discussions of developing voir dire questions, good questioning techniques and skills, reading jurors' nonverbal behavior, successfully overcoming common problems encountered during voir dire, the use of juror questionnaires, and overall jury selection strategies.