Jury Selection When Race, Gender, Ethnicity Are Relevant: Tools and Strategies for Getting Jurors to Reveal Biases
Uncovering Attitudes on Sensitive Issues Without Necessarily Naming Them Directly
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will offer guidance to counsel trying cases where race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or other similar characteristics are a key issue. The panel will suggest ways to deal with sensitive issues during voir dire and how to identify and "de-select" jurors who could be biased against counsel's case.
Outline
- Creating an open, comfortable atmosphere
- Identifying biases of concern
- Developing lines of questioning that reveal biases
- Uncovering possible unconscious bias
- Strategies for specific issues
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- When might race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration status be key factors in the evidence at trial?
- How can counsel help jurors reveal biases?
- Can questionnaires be useful in revealing biases?
Faculty
Kelly Hanker
Attorney
Trial Lawyers for Justice
Ms. Hanker is a trial attorney known for increasing the value of cases across the country, including catastrophic and... | Read More
Ms. Hanker is a trial attorney known for increasing the value of cases across the country, including catastrophic and traumatic injury, employment, business litigation, class action, and medical malpractice cases. Ms. Hanker’s connection to her clients after sustaining a life-long disability in a car crash herself and being called in to the Plaintiff’s side by her then trial attorney—now mentor, Nick Rowley—is unmatched. Ms. Hanker, now often referred to as the Empathy Lawyer, has repeatedly been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for Southern California, is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Method trial college and has been honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a finalist for Philanthropist of the Year. She also serves on the Foundation Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Consumer Attorneys of California Women’s Caucus, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’s Women in Law Committee and is a member of AAJ.
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Zachary B. Pyers
Partner
Reminger
Mr. Pyers litigates complex commercial, professional liability, tort, and class action matters. He represents clients... | Read More
Mr. Pyers litigates complex commercial, professional liability, tort, and class action matters. He represents clients in commercial disputes, including: breach of contract claims; anti-trust actions; covenants not to compete; and, business torts. In his professional liability practice, Mr. Pyers represents: attorneys; accountants; architects; engineers; surveyors; builders; real estate agents, insurance agents; directors and officers; and, investment advisors in litigation and licensure proceedings. He also counsels several corporate clients on transactional matters.
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