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Jury selection the law art and science of selecting a jury examines an integrated approach to jury selection providing the latest social science methodology and voir dire techniques in order to help you identify problems spot personality traits and isolate social and political biases that may affect jury decisions. Because trial consultants may practice in a variety of trial jurisdictions it is important to become familiar with the laws and local rules regarding jury selection in the trial jurisdiction in which trial consultants are assisting trial counsel. Selecting the men and women who sit on a jury is a skill best learned through experience thats why for more than 25 years the state bar of wisconsin pinnacle has partnered with the wisconsin chapter of the american board of trial advocates abota to teach trial skills in a mock trial setting. When a defendant decides to choose a jury trial over a bench trial where the case is heard by a judge only jury selection criminal law. This practice note addresses selecting a jury in a federal civil case including the applicable rules on picking a jury the process and method for jury selection researching prospective jurors and building juror profiles conducting voir dire exercising peremptory challenges challenges for cause and batson challenges and interviewing jurors post trial