Mastering Group Voir Dire: Tip 3—Capitalize on Initial Hand-Raising
March 23, 2017 Jeffrey T. Frederick, Ph.D. In the first two tips in our series, I focused on encouraging attorneys to treat voir dire as a conversation with jurors (Tip 1) and to use techniques that help jurors become comfortable with speaking at the beginning of voir dire (Tip 2). But much, if not most, of voir dire questioning relies on having jurors raise their hands in response to your questions. Such hand-raising may be an end in itself or, as in many cases, is the gateway for follow-up individual questioning. Whether it is questioning in smaller groups (e.g.,