Last month our Capital Partner, Frank Guerra, was given the opportunity to speak with Richard Orsinger about The Jury Selection Process for the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
The Jury Selection Process
Last month our Capital Partner, Frank Guerra, was given the opportunity to speak with Richard Orsinger about The Jury Selection Process for the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
After taking the LSAT, writing personal statements, and getting into law school, law students embark on their final years of their schooling before they take the bar exam to become a practicing attorney. These students are faced with new terrain to traverse all while trying to plan their career path which can be overwhelming.
Have you ever wanted to ask our capital partner, Frank Guerra, a question about being an attorney? Well, our summer law clerks (affectionately known as “Grasshopper” in the firm) had that exact opportunity.
Social media has been a transformative and connective asset to people’s lives since it first began in 1997. Regardless of the platform, social media empowers users to display their thoughts, beliefs, and actions at the touch of a finger making it easier to learn more about each other than ever before. This transparency has enabled attorneys to utilize social media platforms in their cases and to learn more information about potential jurors during the voir dire process.
By the time that they graduate law school and pass the bar, young attorneys have just closed out two long decades of schooling. The shift from studying law to actually practicing law can seem a bit intimidating and leaves a lot of new attorneys wondering if they are doing anything right.