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12/02/2011:

ABA Blawg 100 Nominations

For the first time, the ABA has included a “Trial Practice” section for its Blawg 100 awards. It is of great benefit to all of us that the ABA has taken the step to include non-lawyer blogs and a whole section on trial practice in a time when many believe that trials are soon to be extinct.

Additionally, we have two blogs authored by ASTC members that have been nominated. Persuasion Strategies “Litigation Postscript” blog and Keene Trial Consulting’s “The Jury Room” have both been nominated. I congratulate them both and I urge you to as well. It is wonderful to see our members’ contributions being acknowledged by the larger legal community.

Please take a moment to support your fellow members by voting for both Persuasion Strategies’ blog and Keene Trial Consulting’s blog. If you go on the ABA Blawg 100 site, you can register to vote for free and you are granted 12 votes to use. There are many categories and you can use all 12 in one category if you see fit. http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100/

Won’t it be fantastic when our field is so well-regarded and we have so much depth and presence in the legal community that there are more ASTC member’s blogs in the running than each of us has votes? That, it seems to me will be a great problem to have. In the meantime, since we don’t have to choose which member to support, let’s choose to support both and in turn support the ASTC.

Votes must be cast by December 30.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Tara Trask
President, American Society of Trial Consultants


10/17/2011:

Click here for the Request for Proposal (RFP) information for those who would like to present a program at the 2012 ASTC convention in New Orleans.  We welcome all input and offers.  Please note that we would like applications by December 15th this year to give us ample time for marketing. 

Please return all applications to me at jms@adjuryresearch.com, rather than replying to the ASTCGram.  If you want a Word copy of this RFP, let me know and I'll email one to you.

Many thanks to those who respond.  We are looking forward to a great conference in New Orleans, and loads of fun!

Jan Spaeth
2012 Conference Planning Committee

ASTC Web Site


10/17/2011:

The new 2011-2012 PDF ASTC Membership Directory has been completed and is now available on-line.

The link to the PDF Directory can be found at the bottom of the Consultant Locator page of the ASTC Website.

To view, download and print the Directory click here.

No recommendations or endorsements of any member is made by our Society.
The Society accepts no responsibility for the claims made by individual members in the Directory.
Every care has been exercised in compiling the Directory. The Society is not responsible for erros or omissions.


09/23/2011:

2012 ASTC Conference, New Orleans, June 7-9, 2012

When ASTC goes marchin' in to the Omni Hotel in the French Quarter for its 2012 annual conference, our theme will be:

We are going to New Orleans to learn, play, connect, and succeed.  Mark your calendar and get ready for a conference to remember.  Registration and sponsorship information is coming soon.


The Jury Expert is the publication of the ASTC. Each issue delivers perspectives and research related to the Art and Science of Litigation Advocacy.

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A Necessary Evil: Edward Tufte and Making the Best of PowerPoint
by Jason Barnes & Brian Patterson

When Your Life is on the Line, Be a Victim, Not a Hero
by Kurt Gray & Chelsea Schein with comments from Julie Blackman, Beth Foley & Kathy Kellermann

Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, Crazy: Questions about Mental Health for Supplemental Juror Questionnaires
by Diane Wiley

Generation X members are "active, balanced and happy." Seriously?
by Doug Keene & Rita Handrich

Things To Know About Being Interviewed on TV
by Elaine Lewis

The Jury Expert Favorite Thing for November, 2011

Book Review: Evaluation for Personal Injury Claims
by Wendy Saxon

Using Online Surveys to Conduct Jury Research
by Brian Edelman