Cultivating Effective Lawyer-Juror Relationships: Understanding the Process
Cultivating Effective Lawyer-Juror Relationships: Understanding the Process by Thomas Baggott, Ph.D. provides trial lawyers with invaluable information and practical techniques for communicating with and persuading a jury at every stage of trial. Written in a clear, accessible style, this 170-page hardcover covers everything from pretrial research and case budgeting through jury selection, deliberation psychology, opening statements, and closing arguments.
- Author: Thomas Baggott, Ph.D. (with contributing authors Richard H. Lucas, Ph.D., Stanley D. Davis, Esq., Thomas D. Beisecker, Ph.D.)
- ISBN-10: 0-913875-60-0
- ISBN-13: 978-0-913875-60-5
- Copyright: September 14, 1999
- Pages: 170
- Binding: Hardcover
- Size: 6 x 9 inches
Topics Include:
- Picking your team and case budgeting
- Preparing witnesses for trial — with sample evaluation guides
- Pretrial jury research — focus groups, mock trials, witness evaluation, and issue-oriented groups
- Inside the jury room — stages of deliberation, juror types, and identifying the foreperson
- How jurors think — perception, listening, dangerous facts, motivation, and predisposition to act
- Nonscientific jury selection
- Information management during jury selection
- Opening statements and closing arguments — male/female communication differences and practical examples
- Discovering trial consultant work product — attorney work product privilege, attorney-client privilege, and expert witness discovery
