Name: Preparing for Voir Dire
Brand: Trial Guides
SKU: 9781934833599
Price: 55.0 USD
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With careful preparation, picking a good jury can be like magic.

No part of your lawsuit is more important than voir dire. All facts being the same, you can win or lose simply because of the jurors you select and the ones you fail to remove. Famed trial consultants Lisa Blue and Robert Hirschhorn have mastered the art of selecting a jury, and in Preparing for Voir Dire, they bring you a concise, easy-to-follow road map for planning this essential phase of trial.

This handy guide explains the principles that are vital to preparing for an effective voir dire. It walks you through the process of identifying the beliefs and values at the core of your case, then using that knowledge to reveal prospective jurors' innermost prejudices and biases.

In Preparing for Voir Dire, Blue and Hirschhorn describe:

How to make a favorable first impression and inspire confidence
How to create a power statement that persuasively communicates your case theme
How to draft an effective juror questionnaire
Techniques for maintaining the panel members' attention and interest
How to determine what topics to cover and how to best organize your key issues
When to use open- and closed-ended questions
How to use scaled questions to your advantage
Why voir dire is the best time to address your case's weaknesses
How to deal with time restrictions
How to use props and visual aids
Strategies for researching jurors outside the courtroom
What to wear to avoid alienating the jury

When it comes time to prepare for your next voir dire presentation, turn to Preparing for Voir Dire for straightforward, trusted advice.

Lisa Blue

Trial Lawyer
Jury Consultant

Robert Hirschhorn

Trial Lawyer
Jury Consultant
Trial Consultant

Paperback: 124 pages; 1st edition (2014); ISBN: 978-1934833599

Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC

Publisher's Note
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Psychology and Voir Dire Preparation
Issues to Cover in Voir Dire
Juror Questionnaires
Planning the Length of Voir Dire
Crafting Effective Open-Ended, Closed-Ended, and Scaled Questions
Preparing Props and Visual Aids
Researching Potential Jurors Outside the Courtroom
What to Wear
Conclusion
Index
About the Authors
CD Content

Also included with book: Sample juror questionnaires, PowerPoint slides, and more available for download

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What Legal Leaders Are Saying

America’s two best jury experts have written a short, easy-to-read guide that makes jury selection as simple as 1, 2, 3. I have conducted many, many trials over fifty years and would not leave home without it.

— Morris Dees, founder and Chief Trial Counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center

Combine key psychological principles with over sixty years of jury selection experience, and you have Preparing for Voir Dire. This book concisely guides lawyers through the emotional, practical, and legal stages of preparing for jury selection and trains them to start mentally picking a jury as early as the first client meeting. You will never approach jury selection the same after reading this invaluable guide, and you will quickly realize the first and last words that you say to a jury aren’t necessarily the ones that you think you spoke.

— Kurt Arnold, co-owner and founder of Arnold and Itkin, LLP, a civil trial law firm that has achieved record-setting jury verdicts in multiple states

When I ask lawyers what they think is the most difficult part of a trial, the most common answer is jury selection. Here is a step-by-step explanation for doing it right that every lawyer, plaintiff or defendant, will want to own.

— Paul Luvera, member and past president of the Inner Circle of Advocates, member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers

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Van L.

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Excellent review of Voir Dire

Excellent review of Voir Dire process. More criminal examples would have been useful to me.

03/11/24

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Alan S.

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Preparing for Voir Dire

Excellent book. Goes into what every attorney should know before he or she steps foot into a trial courtroom.

02/03/24

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Preston L.

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Short and concise. This book

Short and concise. This book is packed with nuggets and provides what you need to know to prepare for voir dire.

02/23/23

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Kennedy L.

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Very good

09/17/21

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William K.

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Suggestions and techniques are worth

Suggestions and techniques are worth considering even for someone who has been trying cases for 30 + years. Plan on implementing scaled questions in my next trial.

09/22/20

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