Looking like you're trying to get out of jury duty is a good way to get picked for a jury. It's a Catch-22: by attempting that, you have revealed yourself to be sane and rational, and thus a generally good pick.
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I was told in grad school to insist on being called doctor lastname as being the ticket out, unless you're in for a very technical case.
sep 17, 2025, 3:41 pm • 2 0 • view
I can do that and when they ask me what my doctorate is in I'll just say, oh I just like to be called that
sep 17, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
My experience on the jury side was that things you would think would get you struck don’t, also. Like, I admitted to not liking or trusting cops during voir dire in a case with police testimony. I was still selected.
sep 17, 2025, 4:01 pm • 2 0 • view
I will note, fastest way off a jury is to be an artist at a drug trial. The prosecutor asked a wtf leading question, judge started yelling at a mid sixties age woman if she knew she could be fair for 10 minutes when her answer was "I think so?"
sep 17, 2025, 12:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Conversely, if you look like you're REALLY trying to get on the jury-- and especially if you say so out loud-- both sides know you're nuts and will get you out of there as soon as possible.
sep 17, 2025, 3:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Stating I will believe a woman who gets on the stand and says she was raped got me out of jury duty ... Which makes me think I should've kept my mouth shut and stayed on the jury
sep 17, 2025, 5:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Shout out to the guy at Manhattan Jury Duty wearing a pot leaf “Legalize it” t-shirt and jeans in 2012. I hope you enjoyed your time on a jury.
sep 17, 2025, 12:07 pm • 12 0 • view
I'm pretty sure I was relieved from jury duty by looking like I was paying too much attention.
sep 17, 2025, 11:59 am • 37 0 • view
Yeah, the one time I made it to voir dire, they asked if we had any questions. I raised my hand and asked, in complete honesty, "If you're alleging that he hit her, why are you charging him with assault and not battery?" (Yay for one undergrad business law class 😅) I was excused pretty quickly. 🤷♂️
sep 17, 2025, 12:03 pm • 47 0 • view
Wait your undergrad business law class covered the difference between assault and battery? What kind is business law was this?
sep 17, 2025, 4:12 pm • 15 0 • view
It was an example of how facts can greatly affect the outcome (e.g., assault without battery, but also battery without assault, like jumping out from a bush with a bat behind somebody who doesn't see it coming). Teachers gotta teach in a way that engages their audience, and it made sense in context.
sep 17, 2025, 8:57 pm • 2 0 • view
You took biz law from Stringer Bell?
sep 17, 2025, 4:55 pm • 4 0 • view
I can’t wait to serve on the jury and dole out justice
sep 17, 2025, 12:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Being either a physician or an attorney is fairly decent protection against being picked. Being both is the golden ticket out the door.
sep 17, 2025, 12:53 pm • 4 0 • view
This guy rules.
sep 17, 2025, 5:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Absolutely
sep 17, 2025, 5:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Idk, Alice Coltrane fuckin owns. 10/10, would pick this guy. Lid for every pot, etc
sep 17, 2025, 5:29 pm • 2 0 • view
No, but I'll keep him there for an hour asking for music recommendations.
sep 17, 2025, 5:37 pm • 16 0 • view
Haha great point
sep 17, 2025, 11:59 am • 0 0 • view
I got out by knowing what subrogation is. Read up on insurance lingo, friends.
sep 17, 2025, 12:51 pm • 6 0 • view
I was excluded almost immediately after answering "Not necessarily, no" to "Do you put more confidence in a statement of fact when it comes from a law enforcement officer?"
sep 17, 2025, 5:31 pm • 1 0 • view
I did take a course in healthcare law a long time ago 💡
sep 17, 2025, 1:31 pm • 3 0 • view
I took two semesters of con law, but they did not care. It was my years as a management consultant that got me out of spending 2+ weeks of my one wild and precious life deciding which rich insurance company should pay for mold damage.
sep 17, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Tell them you want to be on a jury because you can tell if someone is guilty just by looking at them. Prosecution won’t want you because you can’t be swayed by facts. Defense can’t take the chance you won’t like the defendant. This was the advice given by a judge after moot court.
sep 17, 2025, 8:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Fastest way though, IMO is to admit to knowing what jury nullification is 😂
sep 17, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0 • view