I definitely felt the same way. I joked in my previous entry that the lawyers had let me down by not challenging me, but the truth is that this time I treated the voir dire as an interview for a job I wanted rather than speaking my mind and being unconcerned about the outcome. I'm reluctant to suggest advice like "Turn off your brain" and "Tell them what they want to hear," because that sounds like deception. But I think that they can clearly hear the difference between "I'll try my best" and "Yes, I can", and I perceived that was a large difference between the objective candidates who were seated and the ones that were excused. If you can privately come to the determination that you can be objective and unbiased in the matter at hand, it seems best to not volunteer the four arguments that you balanced in your mind to reach that conclusion.
Of course, YMMV; I'm not sure that I could blame trial lawyers if they were wary of research librarians. :P
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Date: 2009-05-26 08:27 pm (UTC)Of course, YMMV; I'm not sure that I could blame trial lawyers if they were wary of research librarians. :P