Results of a survey done at the request of the chairs of the Advisory Committees on Civil and Criminal Rules on judicial practices in conducting voir dire; opinions about counsel participation in voir dire; and impressions on effect on voir dire of the line of cases beginning with Batson v.
Joseph F. Weiss Jr., Joseph R. Biden, Stephen B. Middlebrook, Diana E. Murphy, Stuart T. Gerson
September 6, 1990
Statements presented before the Subcommitte on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives
Jody E. George, Deirdre Golash, Russell R. Wheeler
January 1, 1989
A manual that explains the basic concepts of administering federal juries. It describes statutory requirements, Judicial Conference policies, and various procedures used in the district courts.
A manual for judges on conducting voir dire and juror challenges. It is based on descriptions provided by six federal district judges of their individual voir dire procedures and on observations of voir dire in practice.
A report on a search of the psychological literature for information about the competence of jurors to find the facts in complex, protracted civil trials.