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Women — and men, too — can win with ‘smart aggression’Never before had I heard jurors using a lawyer’s credibility as evidence. But by the end of the “lady lawyer” presentation in our jury research, surrogate jurors concluded that if the “lady lawyer”…

Fastest way to malpractice case? Don’t listenSurveys of public opinions about lawyers consistently show pretty depressing results. However, surveys and polls cannot possibly capture the depth and variations of people’s attitudes toward lawyer…

Why Americans are better jurors than votersI see American people at their best. I watch them discuss complex matters with patience and humor. I hear them expressing their views and reflecting on their biases. Most of the time, they listen c…

How to not dumb down your complicated caseAttorneys sometimes talk about “dumbing down” their case before presenting it to jurors. Certainly, many issues need to be explained in an orderly and simple way, and that process could be called “…

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