The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued proposals for model voir dire questions and updates to the model civil and criminal jury charges for comment. The proposals were written to “support juror impartiality through awareness of implicit bias.” The New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) has previously supported implicit bias training for jurors and is reviewing the current proposals.
The proposals are a result of the Court’s Working Group on Juror Impartiality, which was empaneled “to focus on practical steps that can be implemented to improve fairness in the jury selection and deliberation process.” The group included judges and judicial representatives of the Criminal Practice Committee, Committee on Jury Selection and Civil Practice Committee.
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