Best Practices for Managing Jury Emotion (OnDemand Webinar)

$149.00

SKU: 410222EAU

Description

Understanding how to manage juror emotions can have a significant impact on the outcome of case.Law school teaches you the rules of engagement as it relates to litigation trial practice. But for any lawyer who has been in a courtroom as the jury walks in, you know that the formal legal side of your case and the other side’s case can disappear immediately. Now, you’re trying to convince twelve people you’re right, and they don’t care about the details that you thought were important. Despite extensive preparation, you sit down at counsel table feeling like you prepared for a technical battle when you’re in a battle of emotions.This presentation will help trial lawyers think about the role of emotion in a jury trial separately from the case you’ve been litigating for years. What aspects of your case could be assisted by some emotional appeal to the jury? What aspects of the other side’s case will tug at the jury’s heartstrings, and how can you minimize that emotional affect?

Date: 2023-01-17 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

Pretrial: What Do We Think Are Going to Be the Emotional Aspects of Our Case?
• Emotional Versus Rational; Legal
• How Do We Prepare to Bring That Home? Pictures, Stories, Videos
• What Parts of Your Case Are Unemotional?
• How Do You Picture Those Two Sides Co-Existing?
• If You Have the Facts, Pound the Facts; If You Have the Law, Pound the Law

Emotions on the Other Side
• What’s the Worst ‘Emotion’ Case You’ve Been on the Wrong Side of?
• What Strategies Do You Have to Try to Get in Front of a Case That Has a Lot of Curb Appeal?
• Discussion: What Are the Most Compelling Strategies You’Ve Seen by a Lawyer to Defend a Case With Strong Emotional Appeal?

In Trial
• Pretrial Procedure Is Legal; Trials Are Emotional Creatures
• Stories – What Teachable Moments Have We Observed in Arguments or Trials?

Aftermath: Juror Discussion
• Talking to Jurors, They Usually Appreciate the Emotion of a Case More Than We Expect
• What Have We Learned After a Trial?

Examples of Different Kinds of Emotions That Can Come up in a Trial
• Sadness (Someone Injured or Dead; Family Situations)
• Humor (What’s the Role of Humor in a Trial?)
• Anger
• Others?

CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,NALA ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Justin F. Wallace-Wallace Law

Best Practices for Managing Jury Emotion (OnDemand Webinar)

$199.00

SKU: 406762EAU

Description

Understanding how to manage juror emotions can have a significant impact on the outcome of case.Juror emotions have always had an influence on their verdict decisionmaking, and there is no question that today’s emotionallycharged climate has further manifested in unique ways within the courtroom. What are the best practices to successfully and strategically manage emotions both before jurors reach the jury box, as well as after they are seated, to achieve the best trial outcome? This topic identifies how emotions affect and predict the way jurors understand, judge, and ultimately decide your case. We will also focus on techniques to persuade and achieve maximum advantage at every step of trial.

Date: 2019-12-18 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

How Mastering Jurors’ Emotions Can Ensure Critical Advantages
• Consequences of Ignoring Jury Emotion
• Advantages Gained in Managing Jury Emotion

Know Your Audience: The Emotional Climate Today Both Outside and Within the Courtroom
• Emotional Dynamics Within Today’s Shifting Social Climate
• Unique Circumstances and Challenges of Today’s Emotional Climate Within the Courtroom

Strategies to Recognize and Manage Jury Emotion at Every Stage of Trial
• Managing Juror Emotion Begins Well Before a Jury Is Ever Empaneled
• Optimize Jury Selection Strategy With an Eye Towards Jury Emotion
• Manage Jury Emotion to Persuasively Tell Your Story Throughout All Stages of Trial

CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.

Sean Chacon-Trial Behavior Consulting