Criminal Jury Trials Seminar
Led by experienced judges, and delivered using a combination of brief lectures, panel presentations, table exercises and small group discussions, this seminar covered a variety of topics including: effective pre-trial management, preparing for the jury trial, running an efficient jury selection, instructing on party liabilities, the admissibility of evidence for limited purposes, preparation and delivery of jury instructions, including instructing a jury on myths and stereotypes, jury instructions on selected defences, and post-charge jury instructions.
Number of Participants: 55
Overview
Criminal jury trials pose unique procedural, evidentiary, and substantive law challenges. This seminar focused on criminal jury practice and law, from pre-trial conferencing to taking of the verdict, as well as a variety of evidentiary and substantive law issues trial judges will likely encounter in these cases.
Objectives
The objective of this seminar was to provide judges with comprehensive training on the evidentiary, procedural, and substantive law challenges that arise in criminal jury trials, from pre-trial conferencing through to the taking of the verdict, and to prepare trial judges for a variety of evidentiary and substantive law issues they are likely to encounter in these cases.
Summary
Led by experienced judges, and delivered using a combination of brief lectures, panel presentations, table exercises and small group discussions, this seminar covered a variety of topics including: effective pre-trial management, preparing for the jury trial, running an efficient jury selection, instructing on party liabilities, the admissibility of evidence for limited purposes, preparation and delivery of jury instructions, including instructing a jury on myths and stereotypes, jury instructions on selected defences, and post-charge jury instructions.