From
how we greet the venire, to supervising attorney voir dire and jury
selection—all play a crucial role in assuring a truly representative jury.
Judges
will review the entire jury selection process, focusing on the full range of
judicial authority to assure inclusion and a representative jury. Special attention will be paid to for
cause challenges in civil and criminal cases involving the police and the
latest in Batson caselaw coming out of the U.S. Supreme Court and
Illinois appellate courts.
Chief Judges and TCAs will learn the advanced techniques
used to get a representative venire to show up. Statutory mailing lists, mail list update
techniques, duplicate removal techniques, fashioning a welcoming summons, and
proximity weighted summons will be covered in detail.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, participants will be able to: