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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Traditionally <a href="/facts/Scientific_jury_selection/pKQyJuTh">sophisticated jury selection methods</a> were a mainstay of trial consultants, they now "place far less emphasis on jury selection than they did in the past",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and many in the field now prefer the term "trial consulting" to "jury consulting".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Since many cases are now <a href="/facts/Settlement_(law)/IhjVTyJz">settled</a> out of court or decided by <a href="/facts/Arbitration/LukKEywe">arbitration</a>, some trial consulting firms have diversified to include mock mediation and arbitration sessions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> This is also the reason that many jury/trial consultants are now referring to themselves as "litigation consultants".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>The traditional mainstays of trial consulting remain important. They include witness preparation, shadow juries, mock trials, focus groups, community attitude surveys, and expert assistance with trial presentation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Strier, Franklin (1999). "Whither Trial Consulting? Issues and Projections". <i>Law and Human Behavior</i>. 23 (1): 93. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1023%2Fa%3A1022378824280">10.1023/a:1022378824280</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143751371">143751371</a>.</li> <li>Smith, R. Craig (2006). <i>Championship Law: Seven Keys to Winning Performance in the Courtroom</i>. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781412093729. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72981787">72981787</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="in-fiction">In fiction</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bull_(2016_TV_series)/QWeHqCYG">Bull (2016 TV series)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Brodsky, Stanley L. (2009). Principles and practice of trial consultation. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-60623-254-5. OCLC 436034162. <a href="978-1-60623-254-5" target="_blank">978-1-60623-254-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Hutson, Matthew (March–April 2007). "Unnatural Selection". Psychology Today. Retrieved February 23, 2017. <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/unnatural-selection" target="_blank">https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/unnatural-selection</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kressel, Neil J. & Kressel, Dorit F. (2004). Stack and Sway: The New Science of Jury Consulting. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 9780813342412. OCLC 55858096. <a href="9780813342412" target="_blank">9780813342412</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Strier, Franklin & Shestowsky, Donna (1999). "Profiling the Profilers: A Study of the Trial Consulting Profession, Its Impact on Trial Justice, and What, if Anything, to Do About It". Wisconsin Law Review. pp. 450–51. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Shapiro, Ari (June 9, 2005). "Jury Consultants and Arbitration of Civil Lawsuits". Day to Day. National Public Radio. Retrieved July 14, 2006. <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696235" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4696235</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Posey, Amy J. & Wrightsman, Lawrence S. (2005). Trial Consulting. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195183092. OCLC 819414718.[page needed] <a href="9780195183092" target="_blank">9780195183092</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Prosise, Theodore O. "Shadow Juries: A Unique Advantage in Civil Trials". Litigation News. American Bar Association Section of Litigation. Retrieved December 16, 2015. <a href="https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/trial_skills/trial-practice-shadow-juries.html" target="_blank">https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/trial_skills/trial-practice-shadow-juries.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Posey, Amy J. (2005). Trial consulting. Lawrence S. Wrightsman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-804036-1. OCLC 65178143. <a href="978-0-19-804036-1" target="_blank">978-0-19-804036-1</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>