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Leveraging technology to improve your deposition experience
As interest in using desktop videoconferencing to conduct  depositions  has increased, there are often several questions that are asked by attorneys, such as how to go off the record (you can easily mute your line and have a productive discussion with your co-counsel.)  Here are some of the other...
Julie Villafuerte - CSI Global Deposition Services
— December 2019 — 2403 views Court reporting Depositions Paralegals


The impact of political affiliation on jurors' verdicts
In recent years, American politics have been highly polarized.  CSI's Litigation Consultants recently conducted research on the extent to which jurors’ political affiliation “matters,” and illustrates why jurors’ political orientation must be considered within the context of other social and psych...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— December 2019 — 3050 views Jurors Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Research Trial consulting


Understanding the litigation consulting industry
It is not surprising that a certain amount of ambiguity and confusion prevails in connection with the trial or litigation consulting industry, in view of the fact that its key questions of concern revolve around forecasting what jurors will do in response to a dispute, its fact scenario, reactions...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— December 2019 — 2618 views Confirmatory research Exploratory research Focus groups Jury consulting Litigation psychology Mock trials Planning Research Scientific method Trial consulting Witness training


The importance of attorney credibility
Attorney credibility has been a topic of interest in academia and the legal community for quite some time.  More importantly, attorney credibility has been an area of interest to attorneys themselves. Based on the literature and personal discussions with many trial attorneys, there appear to be t...
Steve Wood, Ph.D. - CSI Litigation Psychology
— November 2019 — 2552 views Jurors Litigation psychology Presentations Research Trial consulting


A reptile attack can be lethal to your case
Over the last 10 years, the plaintiffs bar has secured over $8 billion in verdicts and settlements using the Reptile approach. In part 1 of our Anti-Reptile series, Bill Kanasky, Ph.D. explains what a Reptile attack is. Although Reptile attacks can be used in a range of cases, these attacks fol...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— November 2019 — 3184 views Anti-reptile Litigation psychology Reptile Scientific method Witness training


The most important non-legal tactical measure you can take in your case:
At Courtroom Sciences, Inc. more than a dozen Ph.D.’s have been studying witness performance in over 20,000 cases since the 1980’s.  Together through a creative synthesis of impressions and research-based analyses we have developed what we call the Cognitive Map that jurors use to problem-solve ca...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— October 2019 — 2832 views Communications Depositions Jurors Litigation psychology Research Witness training


Understanding the different types of litigation research
There are basically two different types of litigation and trial research: exploratory and confirmatory . In part 1 of our series about litigation research, Mary Noffsinger, Ph.D. explains the difference between a focus group (exploratory research) and a mock trial (confirmatory research.) In par...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— October 2019 — 2958 views Confirmatory research Exploratory research Focus groups Litigation psychology Mock trials Research Scientific method


Helping paralegals with records and depositions
What can you do when everything is urgent and the demands on your time don’t allow you to produce everything you need to get done? There is an option to work more efficiently and get more done in less time: outsource to someone who gets it. Most days it’s a challenge just to keep up. And you don’t...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— October 2019 — 3154 views Court reporting Depositions Paralegals Records Retrieval


Making Friends With Science
In a remarkable, perhaps even stunning development, the 7th Circuit excoriated the entire legal profession for its “fear and loathing” of science (http://www.ims-expertservices.com/blog/2013/7th-circuit-excoriates-for-fear-of-science/). While views on this issue will most certainly be controversial,...
George R. Speckart, Ph.D. - Litigation Psychology
— January 2019 — 3060 views Scientific method


A Tale of Two Mock Trials: The Importance of Realistic Simulation
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,...
CSI - Courtroom Sciences Inc
— December 2018 — 3038 views Confirmatory research Litigation psychology Mock trials Research Scientific method Trial consulting