ABA Journal Blawg 100!
We Participate In:
You don’t have to drink to show intoxicated recall and behavior!
Last year we blogged about a surprising study showing the recall accuracy of intoxicated witnesses. In that study, research participants who’d been drinking were just as accurate as sober research participants in describing events they had observed. New research, however, aligns more with what we expected regarding perceptual impairment from drinking. Well, sort of… What the research read more
Black? On trial in Florida? You don’t want an all-white jury!
Infographics are fabulous inventions. We can spend a long time describing the results of a study or we can simply show you a picture. In this case, it’s an infographic designed by Duke University. Yes, you saw that right. Some new research mirrors the findings of research conducted three decades ago! If you were a black read more
Nice guys and gals: How much we both get paid
So–is it better to be ‘nice’ or ‘mean’ when it comes to salary? We’ll disclose right up front that this is not a feel good post for some of you. As it happens, if you are someone high in agreeableness, (aka ‘nice’) you are likely paid less than someone less agreeable (aka ‘nasty’). There are read more
Simple Jury Persuasion: Analytic or Intuitive?
According to some new research, if your case facts promote pro-religious themes or invoke pro-religious feelings, and you are plaintiff/prosecutor, you want intuitive jurors. If you are defense, you want those analytical jurors. If you weren’t thinking that far ahead, or end up with a mix of both types (the likely outcome) on your jury–you read more
The foreign-language effect: ESL Jurors
We’ve seen multiple examples of jurors being excused because they learned English as a second language (ESL) and their English is limited. But new research shows us that there may be an advantage to the juror thinking in English when it is their second language. Researchers were interested in if and how the use of a read more
Recent Comments