Accident and Injury Lawyer Blog

The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog yesterday was discussing an article about Voir Dire in Maryland and how quick and expedited the Maryland voir dire is. Voir dire is the procedure by which a jurors are question by the parties' lawyers and/or the trial judge.

Connecticut is the exact opposite of Maryland. Connecticut is one of a small minority of states that questions jurors in voir dire individually rather than in a group. Neither the federal government nor any of our sister states employ Connecticut's individual voir dire selection for juries. Voir dire in places like Maryland and South Carolina can take less than an hour. According to a National Law Journal article, voir dire in Connecticut typically takes 16 hours.