A private employment agency's services can be helpful. Care must be taken to avoid contacting persons who are currently serving on a jury. A series of juror groups may be helpful when one's time and budget permits. What the attorney learns from the first juror group can be built upon for the next group. A series of groups can provide the opportunity to confirm findings of the earlier group and refine or vary themes until the most effective presentation is developed.
Successive groups permit the attorney to explore, experiment and evaluate.
The courtroom is located where privacy can be preserved. In addition to the courtroom, two other rooms are provided. One of these rooms is large enough for the jury to comfortably deliberate while simultaneously being monitored and video taped. A second room, equipped with a television monitor and a VCR recorder, is provided so that the attorneys can view the jury deliberations in real time. The facilities used for trial simulations are crucial participating attorney's office and conference rooms should be avoided because they enable the jury to determine who hired them, introducing partiality into the juror group.