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Wherefore, Civil Jury?
The civil jury is in decline.
What are the implications?
In 1962, juries resolved 5.5 percent of federal civil cases; since 2005, the rate has been below one percent. The Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law examines how the civil jury trial became a vanishing feature of the American legal landscape and looks at the consequence for the legal system and society more broadly.
