Dear Judge,

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has undertaken its National Program to Increase Citizen Participation in Jury Service, a multi-phase project designed to promote public awareness and understanding of jury service and to support state and local courts in their efforts to improve the jury system.

Chief Justice Robert R. Thomas has endorsed the project and has asked me to facilitate and coordinate the IJA’s membership participation.

One objective of this project is to document state and local law, policy, and practice concerning jury system management and jury trial procedures. To accomplish this objective, NCSC staff is surveying a number of judges and lawyers within the state to obtain an accurate picture of local jury practices. Your responses to the "Judges & Lawyers Survey" will greatly assist them in this effort. The final product will be the first-ever encyclopedia of jury trial practices in every general jurisdiction state court in our nation.

It is preferred that surveys be completed online by means of the hyperlink http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/practitionersurvey/  If you would like more information about the National Program or other jury-related projects of the NCSC, contact him at 1-800-532-0204 x 6909 or cconnelly@ncsc.dni.us.

Please take the 10 minutes it takes to fill out this survey. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

James M. Wexstten
President