A mock jury is a group of average people gathered together to look at the facts of a case and reach a verdict. A mock trial is the process of delivering the information of a pretend case to a mock jury to study what the outcome will be. For anywhere from a few hours to a full day you can be part of a group of people a jury research company has put together to act as a “jury” in a pretend case. Read on to learn how it works.

Mock Trials and Jury Research

Example #1: A prosecutor in Orange County, California has a high-profile case coming up and wants to see how their argument will go over with the jury. The prosecutor’s office hires a research company to find 12 people in Orange County who are available during the day. They are looking for six men and six women of different ages, races, and income brackets—just a general sample of the county population.

The jury research company looks in their database, calls you, and offers to pay you $200 to spend eight hours in a mock trial next week where they will have a professionally catered lunch including chef salads, fresh fruit, shrimp cocktail, and a variety of entrees, appetizers, and beverages. After you have all the case facts, you and your fellow mock jurors deliberate, come to a verdict, and go home for the day with full stomachs and fat wallets. The prosecutor leaves with a better understanding of what the jurors in the real case will do in the deliberation room and how to perfect the argument for the case.

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