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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 28, 2009

Ladies and Gentleman of the Jury...

Trial attorney G. Christopher Ritter instructs on a method of trial preparation that focuses on the dynamic of the jury.

TRIAL ADVOCACY

By G. Christopher Ritter

A Tribute to Jurors and Juries

It is an odd system we have. In fact, it sometimes appears that Alexis De Tocqueville got it right when he observed that every issue in American life eventually makes its way into court. And, once those issues get there - the intimate, the mundane, the complicated, the terrible, sometimes even the trivial ? all of these disputes are resolved by common folk, evaluating confli...

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