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An Inside Look at Jurors' Decision-Making and Trial Strategies to Help You Drive It
Don't miss this opportunity for expert insights and innovative trial strategies! This comprehensive, full-day course allows you to step out of your own shoes to think like non-lawyers and analyze juror behavior and motivation from the jury box. Get practical advice on balancing reason and emotion in your trial presentation to appeal to jurors. Review major elements of a successful courtroom experience through the prism of the jurors' experience and improve each case's chances of success. This is a rebroadcast of the original event delivered on June 13, 2025. Faculty will be available to answer your questions after the program. Register today!
- Review key elements of a strong case theme and get tips for fully developing and presenting a cohesive story.
- Ask voir dire questions that get at the heart of jurors' attitudes, biases, and beliefs.
- Prepare your client and witnesses for the stand to help them connect with the jurors.
- Create and use visual demonstratives to enhance - not hinder - your case.
- Don't let difficult witnesses gain the upper hand: conduct a cross-examination that shows jurors you're in control.
- Find out which closing argument strategies work with jurors and which fall flat or even backfire.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Trial by Jury - What's Changed and Tools to Adapt
- Honing Your Case Themes and Winning Over Today's Jurors
- Voir Dire Questions That Get to The Heart of Juror "Types," Attitudes, and Biases
- Legal Ethics for the Trial Lawyer
- Social Media: Juror Research, Controlling Use, Handling Misconduct
- The Art of the Persuasive Opening Statement
- Building Rapport With the Jury
- How Jurors React to Evidence - What You May Not Realize
- Creating a Riveting Direct Examination and Maximizing Credibility
- Cross-Examination - Let the Jury See That You're in Control
- Closing Arguments - Choose Your Last Words Carefully
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
7 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total |
Select Jurisdiction
CLE
Agenda
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Trial by Jury - What's Changed and Tools to Adapt
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Honing Your Case Themes and Winning Over Today's Jurors
-
Voir Dire Questions That Get to The Heart of Juror "Types," Attitudes, and Biases
-
Legal Ethics for the Trial Lawyer
- Conducting Online Juror Research: Do's and Don'ts
- Contacting Prospective and Empaneled Jurors
- Ethical Considerations in Jury Selection
- Candor Toward the Tribunal
- Trial Publicity and Making Comments on Pending Matters
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Social Media: Juror Research, Controlling Use, Handling Misconduct
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The Art of the Persuasive Opening Statement
-
Building Rapport With the Jury
-
How Jurors React to Evidence - What You May Not Realize
-
Creating a Riveting Direct Examination and Maximizing Credibility
-
Cross-Examination - Let the Jury See That You're in Control
-
Closing Arguments - Choose Your Last Words Carefully
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for attorneys.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Jeffrey O. Meunier
is a sole practitioner with Jeffrey O. Meunier, Attorney at Law. He limits his civil litigation practice to personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, real estate, contracts, and business and commercial litigation. Mr. Meunier is admitted to practice in Indiana and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern districts of Indiana. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Hamilton County Bar Association. Mr. Meunier earned his B.A. degree from Indiana University and his J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Jennifer LaRue
, M.B.A., is a trial consultant at Trial Dynamics. She began her career as a trial consultant working as a project manager for Litigation Insights (initially known as Rowland, Jasa and Dahl, then the Center for Trial Insights) when she was in college. Following graduation from the University of Kansas with a degree in communications, she returned to Litigation Insights as a consultant. Ms. LaRue went on to get an MBA degree, with a focus in communications and marketing from the Block School at the University of Missouri. She joined the team at Pennebaker in Houston to do both communications and litigation consulting work. Ms. LaRue was pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with Karen Kash Redden at WitnessWork, as a senior consultant, and eventually a partner. She began working with Ms. Jessica Brylo at Trial Dynamics in 2022. Ms. LaRue has extensive experience in research, including focus group research, community attitude surveys and post-trial interviews. She also excels at anything involving communication, including witness prep, case themes and voir dire. Ms. LaRue has worked extensively on medical malpractice cases, including years of extensive breast implant work, infant deaths, and other cases related to a variety malpractice issues. She has worked on auto litigation, as well as other personal injury cases. Ms. LaRue's strength is in making complicated business issues accessible to jurors. She has done so throughout her career, including class action suits, embezzlement, contract disputes and patent law. Ms. LaRue has also handled cases in which the defendants pled the Fifth.
Speaker bio
Milesha N. Segun
is the founder and principal attorney of Rise Legal, PLLC, where she provides strategic legal representation in personal injury, business entities, contracts, wills, trusts, and estates. She previously served as an Assistant Attorney General of Kansas and an Assistant District Attorney, as well as a Senior Analyst with the Kansas Legislative Research Department, gaining extensive experience in litigation, negotiations, and legislative research. Ms. Segun earned her B.S., magna cum laude, from Howard University and her J.D. from Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Licensed in Texas, Kansas, and New Jersey, she is recognized for her meticulous case preparation and client-focused advocacy. A devoted advocate, wife, and mother of three, she skillfully balances her thriving legal career with family, faith, and community service. She is also organizing a legal clinic at RCCG Living Word Parish, dedicated to providing accessible legal education and resources to empower the community.
Speaker bio
Raymond R. Grasing
is an attorney with The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates. He has more than 25 years of trial experience in New York. Mr. Grasing knows how to try a case in a straight forward convincing manner, and how to pare down the facts and issues to their essential parts to help a jury reach the correct decision. His understanding of the law, gained through his trial experience, provides his clients with a distinct competitive advantage, whether or not their case gets to trial. Mr. Grasing practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, construction disputes, insurance coverage disputes, insurance coverage, collections, subrogation, arson, and fraud cases. He earned his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Speaker bio
Steven B. Vinick
is of counsel with the law firm of Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll, P.C., and practices in the areas of personal injury law, medical malpractice, criminal defense, and general civil litigation. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. He is on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery County Bar Association, and he is the Treasurer of the Prince George's County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the D.C. Trial Lawyers Association, and the Maryland Association of Justice. Mr. Vinick was the Maryland Association of Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2011. He earned his B.A. degree, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland; and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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