Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection: Gain and Edge in Questioning and Selecting your Jury - Softcover

Frederick, Jeffrey T.

9781616328450: Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection: Gain and Edge in Questioning and Selecting your Jury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616328452 ISBN 13: 9781616328450

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2012

This much anticipated and expanded Third Edition by one of the nation's most experienced trial consultants goes beyond other books on jury selection and focuses on the skills needed to conduct effective voir dire and jury selection, ultimately improving your chances of a favorable verdict at trial. This valuable guide will help you understand effective voir dire and jury selection strategies and adapt them to the unique circumstances you face in your trial jurisdiction.

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About the Author:

Dr. Jeffrey Frederick is the Director of the Jury Research Services Division of the National Legal Research Group, Inc., in Charlottesville, Virginia. This division provides research and assistance to attorneys in addressing the problems faced in selecting juries and trying cases before juries. He has assisted attorneys in hundreds of criminal and civil cases since 1975. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Psychology/Law Society, and American Society of Trial Consultants.
He is a nationally recognized speaker and author in the area of jury trials. He has written extensively on the topic of jury trials and trial advocacy, including two books, Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection: Gain an Edge in Questioning and Selecting Your Jury, Third Edition, and The Psychology of the American Jury.
He has a wife, Linda, a son, Gabe, and a pretty cool granddaughter, Emma.

Review:

". . . a must have for any attorney facing jury trials. Loaded with insights, real world examples, practical advice, . . . it will be a resource that you will go to whenever you prepare for jury selection. . . . Simply put, you will be better at your craft by reading this book."
-- Stephen N. Zack, President, American Bar Association

"In Mastering Voir Dire leading jury expert Jeff Frederick has produced a first rate volume that should be on the desk of every trial lawyer . . ."
-- Neil Vidmar, Ph.D., Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law, Duke Law School, Professor of Psychology, and co-author of American Juries: The Verdict (2007).

". . . one of the most useful guides to conducting voir dire and jury selection currently available. . . A must read and continuing resource for all serious trial lawyers."
-- Morris Dees, Chief Trial Counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center

". . . a valuable resource for anyone who faces the elusive task of picking a jury. . . . I'll keep this book in arms reach from now on."
-- Elizabeth Foley, Founding Partner Zagnoli McEvoy Foley, former President, The American Society of Trial Consultants

"Once again, Dr. Jeffrey Frederick has offered lawyers a masterful introduction to voir dire and jury selection. He covers virtually everything that a lawyer would want or need to know about selecting a jury. . . . "
-- Stephen A. Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor, George Washington University Law School

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