5 Advantages of Online Mock Trials In the age of social distancing and Zoom jury trials, legal professionals have had to adjust the way they work. At Bonora Rountree, one of the bigger shifts has been conducting our mock trials and focus groups online. Online mock trials provide ways to get information about the strengths and […]
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4 Disadvantages of Online Mock Trials Because of the coronavirus, many of our interactive research activities — like mock trials and focus groups — have switched to an online format. In many ways, the pandemic merely hastened a transition from in-person or analogue ways of conducting research to an online and digitized medium. For example, […]
Read moreWho Is Willing to Show Up for Jury Service During a Pandemic?
Our COVID-19 survey focused on understanding the characteristics of individuals who were more likely to show up in court if they were called to serve as a juror during the pandemic. Our results indicate that there are unique pandemic-related, social, and political characteristics of people who are comfortable with jury service in a pandemic. One […]
Read moreAre Jurors Comfortable with Serving Jury Duty in a Courthouse During the Pandemic?
Are Jurors Comfortable with Serving Jury Duty in a Courthouse During the Pandemic? In July, Bonora Rountree commissioned a survey to explore California residents’ views about their willingness to serve as jurors during the pandemic and the conditions under which they would be willing to serve. The survey was conducted online and included 295 jury-eligible […]
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