The American Jury Project has completed its initial draft of the revised and consolidated ABA standards relating to juries, and is seeking comment from judges, lawyers, academics, jury experts, court administrators, bar leaders, and others interested in the health of our nation’s jury system.

The American Jury Project’s consolidated and updated ABA principles and standards relating to jury trials are intended to reorganize and update existing ABA jury trial policy. Many of the standards are identical to or drawn from existing ABA policy, including the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice Discovery and Trial by Jury Third Edition 1995, the Judicial Division’s Standards Relating to Juror Use and Management 1993 (amended with Standard 20 Jury Privacy), and the Section of Litigation’s Civil Trial Practice Standards 1998. The revised standards will, in final form, include written commentary.

Draft ABA Standards Relating to Jury Trials

By Monday, October 18, please provide written comments to Katy Englehart at jurystandards@staff.abanet.org or via U.S. mail to:

Katy Englehart
American Bar Association
ABA Office of the President
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610