FAA Building, Locaton: FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 840, 2:00 pm

What is wrong with legal language?  And how can we prove it?  Join us on May 14, from 2:00 to 3:30, when Veda Charrow will tell us about a ground-breaking study she conducted in 1978, to find out whether real jurors could understand standardized jury instructions. Using an innovative method of "getting inside" jurors' heads, Veda was able to isolate the grammatical features of legal language that were causing jurors to misunderstand--or not understand--the instructions. The findings from this study were used by a number of states to improve their jury instructions. 

 NEWS: We have moved the regular meeting date to the second Wednesday of the month and changed the time to 2:00 – 3:30 pm.  Hope to see you on May 14 at 2 pm.

 Joanne Locke and Amy Bunk, Co-Chairs

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