Posts Tagged ‘ voir dire ’

Douglas Linder at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law has created a webpage of famous trials. It contains transcripts, biographies, and other information. The earliest trial included is that of Socrates (399 B.C.). The most recent trial covered is the prosecution of Moussauri in 2006. It is a great source...
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Reproduced below is a famous work written by Clarence Darrow, in 1936, on the art of picking a jury. It is a rare window into how a leading trial advocate picked his juries in the early twentieth century. Clarence Darrow, How to Pick A Jury, Esquire, May 1936 Whether a jury is a good...
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