{"id":8154,"date":"2007-09-24T09:58:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T14:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/24\/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-g"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:42","slug":"jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/24\/jurys-in-blawg-review-127-is-not-guilty-of-thematic-excess\/","title":{"rendered":"jury&#8217;s in: Blawg Review #127 is not guilty of thematic excess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/donkey.jpg\" \/> When you go around doing a lot of assuming, your mental baggage will sometimes impede the journey down the road toward enlightenment.\u00a0  So, even opinionated pundits (and crusty curmudgeons) need to  travel with eyes and mind open.   Fueled with copious amounts of caffeine, my eyes were sufficiently open this Monday morning to discover an important truth: despite assumptions and experience that might suggest otherwise, not every theme-oriented edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/blawgreview.blogspot.com\/\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em><\/a> is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/13\/having-no-inspiration-can-be-inspiring\/\">annoying, strained and distracting<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/12facesb.jpg\" \/>  Exhibit A is &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/deliberations\/2007\/09\/blawg-review-1.html\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em> #127<\/a>&#8221; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/\"><em>Deliberations<\/em><\/a> weblog (Sept. 24, 2007), where trial lawyer and jury maven <a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/about.html\">Anne Reed<\/a> offers her &#8220;list of 17 Best Tips For Voir Dire, as inspired and illustrated by some terrific law bloggers.&#8221;  Anne&#8217;s first jury selection rule: &#8220;Assume Nothing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A brief stop at <a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/deliberations\/2007\/09\/blawg-review-1.html\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em> #127<\/a> will yield not only a quick review of notions important in choosing a jury (or trying to understand and persuade any group of people), but some great tips on interesting, recent law-related weblog materials.  For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If, like myself, you had a very difficult time figuring out the actual facts behind the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;q=%22Jena+Six%22s\">Jena Six<\/a>&#8221; story, check out the &#8220;long, multi-sourced posts&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/patterico.com\/2007\/09\/22\/reynolds-and-balko-on-the-jena-6\/\">Patterico&#8217;s Pontifications<\/a> (from a libertarian)  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkleft.com\/story\/2007\/9\/23\/17283\/0387\">at TalkLeft<\/a> (from a liberal)<\/li>\n<li>If you think you have your assumptions under control when thinking about generational differences, see <a href=\"http:\/\/westallen.typepad.com\/idealawg\/2007\/09\/wonder-how-gen-.html\">Stephanie West Allen discussion of Generation Y<\/a> at <em>idealawg<\/em>, and find out some questions you might want to be asking yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/jurydutystamp.jpg\" \/>  If you want to renew your respect for the jury system, or just learn about a commemorative stamp that is neither too cloying nor too obscure to use on your holiday mailings this year, see Eric Turkewitz&#8217;s post about the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com\/2007\/09\/jury-duty-stamps-get-em-while-theyre.html\">Jury Duty 41-cent stamp<\/a> (buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.usps.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&amp;storeId=10001&amp;categoryId=18401&amp;productId=31405&amp;langId=-1\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>tagging along<br \/>\nwith an ice cream cone<br \/>\nthe senior partner<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by barry george<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/12facesg.jpg\" \/>  Here are <em>Deliberations<\/em> top rules on jury selection.  At Blawg Review #127, each of them is accompanied by a pointer to a worthwhile recent weblawg posting.   Here, some of them are accompanied by a haiku or senryu by recovering (perhaps soon relapsing) lawyer, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/barry-george-archive\/\">Barry George<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Assume nothing<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>long deposition&#8211;<br \/>\nthe lawyer&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8220;at the risk of repeating myself&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>2.  Look for leaders . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>choppy river \u2014<br \/>\nbursts of the coxswain\u2019s orders<br \/>\non the wind<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u2026\u2026 by Barry George  &#8211;<em> The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em>  Vol. IX: 3 (September 2007).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>3.  . . . and dissenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.  Watch for points of view<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>retired Reds scout &#8211;<br \/>\nstill eyeing the field<br \/>\nthrough dark glasses<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by Barry George &#8211; <em>Mayfly<\/em> #23;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>5.  Look for skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>my nephew\u2019s fastball &#8211;<br \/>\nI hand back his glove<br \/>\nand keep the sting<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by Barry George  &#8211;  <em>bottle rockets <\/em>#11<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>6.  Notice how they process information<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Making change<br \/>\nthe conductor<br \/>\nshifts his toothpick<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by Barry George &#8211; <em>the loose thread<\/em>: RMA 2001;<br \/>\n<em>Modern Haiku<\/em> XXXII:1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>7.  Know what generational differences mean, and don&#8217;t<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>ocean sundown\u2013<br \/>\na child jumping up<br \/>\nfor one last look<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by Barry George &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/tinywords.com\/haiku\/2007\/09\/12\">Tinywords.com<\/a> (Sept. 12, 2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>8.  Pay attention to the quiet ones  <\/strong><font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/marcelmarceaus.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.  Remember they have lives<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"+1\">the late glare<br \/>\nof a summer sidewalk \u2014<br \/>\nwinos pool their change<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"+1\">&#8230;.. barry george &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0804q2250\/thn_issue.h12.html#POEM10\"><em>The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/em><\/a> VIII:4 (Dec. 2006) <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>10.  Not all jurors are like you<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>cats at twilight&#8211;<br \/>\nI am the magician<br \/>\nfilling their bowls<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by barry george &#8211; <em>Simply Haiku<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>11.  Some just want to get back to work<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> spelling test<br \/>\nthe teacher&#8217;s<br \/>\nsqueaky shoes<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by Barry George from <em>A New Resonance <\/em>2; <em>Frogpond <\/em>XXIII:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n12.  Learn the publicity, whether it&#8217;s national . . . <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>extended drought<br \/>\nthe wake of a goose<br \/>\ndrifts toward shore<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by Barry George &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0410m2155\/thn_issue.h1.html#POEM00\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/a><\/em> (Oct. 2002)<br \/>\n.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>13.  . . . or local<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14.  They want the big picture<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> wind chimes<br \/>\nsharper, clearer<br \/>\nafter snow<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; barry george &#8212; <em>the heron&#8217;s nest<\/em> VI: 6 (June 2002)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>15.  If you&#8217;re lucky, you&#8217;ll have a juror artist <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>watercolors<br \/>\nstrung across the art room&#8211;<br \/>\nwinter rain<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by Barry George &#8211; <em>simply haiku<\/em> (Oct. 2003)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>16.  Make a good impression<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the accused teen<br \/>\nand his lawyer&#8230;<br \/>\ndressed for spring<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by barry george        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/jurydutystampn.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>17.  Remember the majesty<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>pink begonias<br \/>\ndeepening<br \/>\nthe grey fall<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by barry george &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv1n4\/George.html\"><em>Simply Haiku<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/annereed.jpg\" \/>   Many thanks to Anne Reed for including <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/22\/the-saiban-in-jury-system-is-coming-to-a-reluctant-japan\/\">our post on the Saiban-in<\/a> jury system that is coming to Japan in <em>Blawg Review<\/em> #127, and for her generous words about this weblog, under Rule 15: &#8220;If you&#8217;re lucky, you&#8217;ll have a juror artist.&#8221;  Anne is the curator of <a href=\"\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/photos\/juror_art\/index.html\">The American Gallery of Juror Art<\/a> (&#8220;art done by actual jurors while on actual jury duty&#8221;), and I&#8217;m sure she would appreciate any samples you might want to bring to her attention.  In closing, I&#8217;m still not ready to give up my preference for non-themed editions of <em>Blawg Review<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/jurylaw.typepad.com\/deliberations\/2007\/09\/blawg-review-1.html#comment-83850183\">dissent<\/a>, Susan Cartier Liebel).  One rule that Anne almost certainly subscribes to is &#8220;lawyer know thyself.&#8221;  Just as some lawyers shouldn&#8217;t try to be stand-up comedians or great orators in front of juries, some lawyer webloggers need to do a reality check before they introduce themselves to the weblogging world through the prism of a theme-based <em>Blawg Review<\/em>.  Anne has the skill and panache to pull it off.   But not every lawyer (or, please, law professor) does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you go around doing a lot of assuming, your mental baggage will sometimes impede the journey down the road toward enlightenment.\u00a0 So, even opinionated pundits (and crusty curmudgeons) need to travel with eyes and mind open. 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