On May 28, 2020, the Civil Jury Project—with the help of many contributors—conducted a mock jury trial over Zoom. The trial was conducted in collaboration with the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, in Cleveland, Ohio. This endeavor had several goals: (1) demonstrating to judges and attorneys across the country that jury trials can successfully be...Read More
Every Zoom user will want to use these important new features, which are significant for hearings and trials. Multi-Spotlight helps remove distracting video tiles and allows greater focus on specific participants. For example, Judges can now control what those attending view, and when, and also minimize large numbers of video images on the screen while...Read More
July 16, 2020 Article by Chief Judge Jack Tuter on the Virtual Jury Trial Initiative https://fcb5004684c5ce7d9555-c1c61fe3f88cca82459186055831b6ed.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/July%2016,%202020%20Article%20by%20Chief%20Judge%20Jack%20Tuter%20on%20the%20Virtual%20Jury%20Trial%20Initiative.mp3 REMOTE JURY SELECTION DURING A PANDEMICRead More
ABOTA Fort Lauderdale President Jeff Adelman and Mitch Chester discuss the amazing progress achieved in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit to battle COVID-19 with remote jury trials. Recorded 7.20.20.Read More
https://fcb5004684c5ce7d9555-c1c61fe3f88cca82459186055831b6ed.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/Tips%20and%20Strategies%20for%20Zoom%20Jury%20Litigation.mp4 ABOTA Fort Lauderdale’s Eric Rosen provides tips and techniques to make your litigation presentations stand out in the this new legal era where all of us have suddenly become television directors. Here is just a portion of what will be discussed: Tips and Strategies for Zoom Jury Litigation – Discovery to Closing Arguments...Read More
