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![During witness preparation, what you hear from a witness in an attorney’s office may be worlds apart from what you hear from that witness on the stand. The environment in which witnesses are questioned has a profound impact on their behavior, demeanor and testimony. A lawyer’s office or conference room […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Blum-1-witness.jpg "From the Conference Room to the Courtroom: How a Change in Setting Affects Witness Preparation")
![“The fellow who says he’ll meet you halfway, usually thinks he is standing on the dividing line.” – Orlando Batista Introduction: Welcome to the Mediation Millennium When young trial attorneys first enter law school, they arrive with dreams of being charismatic lawyers who stride into the courtroom and mesmerize jurors. […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/McCusker-3-handshakes-128x130.jpg "If A Case Is Going to Settle: A Guide to Negotiating in the Mediation Millennium")
![Every issue The Jury Expert features a favorite thing–something very special that we think you should know about to inform, educate, entertain, or otherwise enlighten you. And best of all, our Favorite Things are always free! July’s Favorite Thing is a terrific resource from the National Center for State Courts […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/NCSC-Jur-E-Bulletin-logo-201x86.jpg "July 2009’s Favorite Thing"){kind=logo}
![13,450+ 13,450. That’s the number of reads our May issue of The Jury Expert had as of Monday, July 20 (the day before we published this issue). Our online debut issue (in May 2008) had a few more than 500 reads. Over the past year we have grown a lot […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Official-Twitter-logo-150x130.jpg "Editorial"){kind=logo}
![If all the world’s a stage, then surely the most important stage in this world is the courtroom! Lives hang in the balance, people are sent to jail or made to pay restitution, and people are vindicated. Who needs Reality TV? There is nothing more exciting than to be in […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/girl-witness-201x130.jpg "Asking the Tough Questions: How to Examine a Child Witness in Sexual Abuse Cases")
![Let’s take another look at a central tenet of our legal system: that people are going to tell us the truth and, if they are not, that we can catch them at it. Research has been available for a decade that belies that basic notion. The basic research finding is that deceptive behavior […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Witness-and-liar-201x130.jpg "Deception: “Do You Swear to Tell the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth, So Help You God?”")
![It has been well over a century since Alexis de Tocqueville first hypothesized a relationship between the institution of jury service and civic engagement, yet this appealing claim has gone untested. In the mid-1970s, political theorist Carole Pateman restated Tocqueville’s idea as a more general […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jury-of-men-voting-201x130.jpg "How Jury Service Makes Us Into Better Citizens")
![I am having such a Monday. I guess the weather is changing (again) because I have very achy knees. And I have a serious case of The Dreads about tomorrow, when I have jury duty. Again. . . . . I really, really, really hate jury duty, every single aspect […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stressed-older-male-201x130.jpg "Juror Stress: The Hidden Influence of the Jury Experience")
![Attorney: “Sir, what is your IQ?” Witness: “Well, I think I can see pretty good.” The New York Times published an article last year, decrying the American advocacy system that creates a partisan atmosphere for expert witnesses as opposed to more neutral use of experts in European and Australian […]](https://thejuryexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/younger-male-expert-witness-201x130.jpg "Redefining Credibility: Turning Expert Witnesses into Teachers")
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