The Distributed Courtroom: Don’t Assume the Trial Feels Any Less ‘Real’ When It Appears on Screens
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/05/21
With the extended pandemic restrictions and the resulting court backlogs across the country, we have moved tentatively into the world of online trials and hearings, with participants joining from different locations. In that distributed setting, many critics have argued that the resulting process just cannot possibly be the same. The participants will feel and look isolated, eye contact will be impossible, witnesses will be less credible, accusers and defendants will be less sympathetic, and...
By: Holland & Hart - Persuasion Strategies