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The current coronavirus context has put some renewed attention on online research, or the idea that the “virtual mock trial” with jurors seeing presentations on their computer screens, and using keyboards and webcams in order to give feedback. While an online mock trial cannot fully replicate the in-person experience of courtroom persuasion, it does carry a number of other advantages. So, particularly in this time of reduced physical interaction but also at other times, it helps for attorneys to see the online mock trial as more than just an incomplete or diminished version of an in-person mock trial. There are some things that the online mock does better. In this post, I will share five of those advantages.

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Sometimes greater confidence is the last thing a witness needs. When your fact or expert witness is arrogant, unprepared, or careless about their upcoming testimony, they might need a reality check through a preparation session that puts a little rational fear into them. But in other situations — many other

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: I was talking with a long-term client the other day, and he shared that he’s experiencing something that I’ve been feeling as well: A harder time staying sharp and focused these days. With the continuing stress and looming uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, and its associated social isolation, professional disruption,

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: It is taking a while to get back to normal, isn’t it? As states and businesses are starting to re-engage after the coronavirus isolation, courts are taking their time. The chances for routine scheduling, particularly for civil cases, seems like it might be a ways off. That reality has pushed

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: If you’re like me, you have been clicking into a ton of web-conferences lately. That’s true of the whole business world, but I think the legal workplace is a natural fit for web conferencing. After all, it is a field that is based on giving advice, so if we’re under

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: During the current coronavirus pandemic, there have been individual differences in the degree of compliance with the social restrictions coming down from city mayors and state governors. As I have written, some of the support or opposition for “Stay-at-Home” orders varies based on politics. But some of it also comes

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: While it still might be a stretch, it is a lot more thinkable now than it was two weeks ago. The jurors sit down separately in front of their screens, log in, and watch while the attorneys and witnesses present the evidence, and the judge makes rulings and provides instructions.

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: Most of us are now entering our second week, or longer, of isolation to maintain social distance, limit transmission, and help “flatten the curve” of the current Coronavirus pandemic. For lawyers, of course, that generally means working from the home office. For others, though, it can mean days of “Netflix

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: One after another, like dominos, court systems are shutting down or moving to drastic restrictions. In the process, court dates are being pulled and cases are moving into limbo. As that happens to your own once trial-bound cases, you think, “What now?” What do you do with the time that you

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: As the Coronavirus spreads, and mock trials are being rescheduled, many courts are restricting operations or shutting down completely, and people are rapidly adapting to a new normal of restricted events and “social distancing.” So, what’s with the run on toilet paper? Partly, you could say it is a rational