Timely post. The American Association for Justice is holding its “Weekend with the Stars” in NYC starting Friday, Dec. 11. (Using CLE as an excuse for Christmas shopping in Manhattan, and who can blame them.)
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Yes. Yes they should. And they should tell the jurors that also.
Thanks for the link. I hadn’t considered the correctness of a Reptile Trial; that’s probably worth a blog post.
Timely post. The American Association for Justice is holding its “Weekend with the Stars” in NYC starting Friday, Dec. 11. (Using CLE as an excuse for Christmas shopping in Manhattan, and who can blame them.)
The Saturday agenda features these topics:
• The Psychological Impact of Jury Selection
• The Reptilian Brain
• Ethics for Trial Lawyers
And now I can’t stop humming the Jets vs. the Sharks song from West Side Story. Would this make the Jets the reptiles?
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