Consultants conduct pretrial research, develop selection criteria and questionnaires, assist during voir dire, and advise on presentation. Backgrounds include psychology, communications, and sociology.
Work is generally protected as consulting expert material.
Alternative Names:
Trial Consultant|Jury Research Consultant
Why it Matters?
Consultant value concentrates in pretrial research and theme testing rather than in courtroom selection assistance, since voir dire information is limited and predictive models built on demographics perform poorly. Attitudinal questions developed through research outperform demographic profiling substantially. Consulting expert status protects the work provided the consultant is not designated to testify.
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Where does consultant value concentrate?
What outperforms demographic profiling?
