Earlier this year we shared news about the Online Courtroom Project. The two-day online trial was held June 26 and 27, 2020. The findings were captured in a report posted on July 15, 2020.
The full report is available for viewing and download here:
The video introduction of the complete trial is also available on YouTube here.
And the full two-day demonstration trial is also available on YouTube here.
The press release for the online trial test states:
"On June 26th and 27th, the OCP conducted a two-day demonstration trial complete with jury summons and questionnaires, jury selection, opening statements, direct and cross-examination of witnesses, closing arguments, and jury deliberations, all online. The extensive report and recordings of the demonstration trial are now available to help courts and the legal profession better prepare and perform in online trials...According to a national poll by the National Center for State Courts, only 23% of citizens would favor coming to court to sit as a juror while almost twice that would favor sitting as jurors in an online trial. As the new report outlines, jurors were not only comfortable sitting through an online trial, they found witness testimony easier to judge and deliberations easy to manage.The report is designed to be user’s guide, identifying potential problems and outlining recommendations and issues the court and attorneys should consider when undertaking online trial proceedings, in part or in whole. It also outlines efficiencies that can save the court, attorneys, and jurors both time and money and provides options to courts that don’t feel they can safely hold trials in person.The Online Courtroom Project (“OCP”) is an advisory task force comprised of judges, lawyers, consultants and researchers who believe that parties have the Constitutional right to a trial and the justice system needs to embrace innovation and technology to maintain those rights in a time of crisis."
Congratulations to everyone for this valuable effort.
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