Jury Analyst

JULY 17, 2023

This means trial attorneys also feel that they can develop their own anecdotal and intuition-based strategies for oral voir dire, strategies that research has also found to be ineffective (as discussed in more detail in article 2 of our confirmation bias series). The results can also inform oral voir dire strategies.

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Jury Analyst

JULY 17, 2023

This means trial attorneys also feel that they can develop their own anecdotal and intuition-based strategies for oral voir dire, strategies that research has also found to be ineffective (as discussed in more detail in article 2 of our confirmation bias series). The results can also inform oral voir dire strategies.

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Jury Analyst

AUGUST 7, 2024

Confirmation bias affects not only the development and propagation of pseudoscientific approaches to trial practice but also how a trial lawyer evaluates prospective jurors during jury selection. In one study [2], attorneys were given juror profiles and asked to create an oral voir dire strategy based on those profiles.

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