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Please note that all IPR colloquia this spring will be held in person and online. Registration is only required for the online talks. IPR will be following local, state, federal, and University guidelines for events. Masking is optional, but encouraged.

"Fair Juries"

Abstract: High profile jury trials have catapulted concerns about jury fairness to the center of public consciousness. Yet what enables fair juries starts long before the public hears the jury’s verdict. The critical phases that are essential to seating fair juries are often hidden from view. Diamond and Valerie Hans of Cornell Law School analyze each of these phases and the empirical evidence for the deficiencies they introduce that compromise our ability to ensure fair juries. We can do better. The researchers propose a set of critically important reforms that will strengthen jury selection and trial procedures in each phase, offering a blueprint for fair juries now and into the future.

by Shari Seidman Diamond, Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, and IPR Associate

This event is part of the spring 2022 IPR Fay Lomax Cook Colloquium Series.