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Thursday, February 11, 2021
In 2020, you learned to provide advocacy for your clients outside of the courtroom through use of online platforms. Conducting virtual trials and arbitrations has now become a common procedure. If you are looking for ways to improve the quality of your online proceeding, I have five pieces of advice to offer you.
1. Check Your Setup.
You don’t want any tech mishaps during your virtual proceeding. Take the time to prepare your setup so that everything goes off without a hitch. You will want an external monitor or two connected to your laptop. Use one screen to see all the participants and the other screen to show exhibits displayed on the screen share. A quality webcam is a must-have, ideally one with 1080p resolution. You will need clear audio too, and I recommend either headphones embedded with a microphone or a USB microphone attached to your computer. If you’re able to work from an office, turn a conference room into your “presentatio
Summonses for civil jury trials in Bexar County are on the way for some residents
The entire jury process will be conducted remotely
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SAN ANTONIO – Though the moratorium on jury service that was ordered last spring amid fears of spreading the coronavirus remains in place in Bexar County, it has been modified to allow for social distancing. On Monday, the first jury summonses for virtual civil jury trials were mailed to prospective jurors.
The summonses include instructions on how the new jury process works, informing jurors on where to report virtually, as well as the date and time.
“Jurors can register online, and we can actually send them emails because one of the things they’ll have to do is give us an email address or phone number,” said Julieta Schulze, chief central jury bailiff, on Tuesday.