The Michigan Defense Trial Counsel is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual presentment of the Young Lawyers Section -- Golden Gavel Award which will be presented on Saturday June 12\, 2009. Download the information packet here.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090107T135726Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090612T130000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090613T210000Z UID:http://www.mdtc.org/event/summer_meeting_boyne_highlands URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mdtc.org/event/summer_meeting_boyne_highlands SUMMARY:Summer Meeting Boyne Highlands DESCRIPTION:Thinking Outside the (Jury) Box
Using Jury Selection Strategies To Evaluate and Prepare Your Case from Answer Through Trial \;
Trial attorneys have long used mock juries to evaluate jury reactions to their evidence and arguments before a case goes to trial. But\, what if we could tap into the minds of jurors during discovery and even before mediation or case evaluation?
According to a joint survey released in September 2008 by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Institute for Advancement of the American Legal System\, 83 percent of the nearly 1\,500 lawyers who responded found that costs\, not merits\, were the deciding factor in settling a case. Wouldn&rsquo\;t it be nice to know whether a case is worth the cost of trial early on?
At the MDTC Summer Meeting\, you can\:
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