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Anxiety is the difference between "now" and "then"

By Shawn Matlock

Strange things happen when you study psychology in college and then go on to become a trial lawyer.  You start trying to figure out the psychology of your jury.  You start evaluating your case from the psychological perspective of your jury.  And of course, you keep reading psychology books, only now they deal with jurors and trials.One such book is Practical Jury Dynamics 2 by Dr. SunWolf.  The good doctor has written a pretty good book that deals with, oddly enough, the practical side of the the juror's psychology.  A great section is what is referred to as Evidence-Anxiety for Jurors.  Dr. SunWolf created a simple list of 10 sources of Evidence-Anxiety for Jurors.  This is useful when preparing your trial so as to present your evidence in a way the jury can understand effectively...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).