Jury Selection: Ask Open-Ended Questions, Says One Expert

In her article "Hot Tips for Jury Selection," Patricia F. Kuehn writes:

Everyone likes to talk about themselves; give the prospective jurors a chance to talk. When you ask the right questions you provide them the opportunity to give you insight into their attitudes and beliefs. With open-ended questions, the exchange between you and the prospective juror can be conversational. Nevertheless, you still need to obtain some commitments from them. After letting a potential juror talk freely, you may need to follow up with a closed-ended question to obtain a commitment.

According to Kuehn, to find out the most useful information from jurors, you must ask the right questions. More tips and analysis are contained in the article.

Comments

[Angel R Egozcue]

I am interested on jury selection tips on criminal cases. Do you have any info. on that?

[Evan]

Angel: This weblog is focused mostly on civil trial practice and does not include any tips specifically related to criminal cases. Some of my posts on jury selections would still apply, however, so be sure to look around.