Twat Tuesday 6/13

imwithbaby

@Mango517 it might be different for each state/county but whenever I've received a jury summons it has a box where you can just check that you're pregnant and send that in. You don't ever have to report to the courthouse.

JCPSand2B

I got called for federal jury duty when I would have been 36 weeks pregnant. I would have had to drive 3 hrs away and stay there while I was on the jury. I sent the paperwork in for asking for an exemption and it basically said, if you don't hear back from us you are good to go. Thankfully I didn't have to fight it.

belmont1785

@Mango517

I'm weird but I've always WANTED to be called for jury duty and never have. My plan was to go to law school, but I quit after my 4 year, just because of costs and life changes. So it is right up my alley. 

DeansGirl14

belmont1785 said:

@Mango517

I'm weird but I've always WANTED to be called for jury duty and never have. My plan was to go to law school, but I quit after my 4 year, just because of costs and life changes. So it is right up my alley. 

Agree, I think it would be fascinating. My dad's served on two juries and been called a handful of times more than that. My mom really wants to do it too but has never been summoned. 

smallbutmighty77

@Mango517 my area is like that too where you have to call and report the next day type thing.

I have never been called, but both my parents are lawyers so when they get called they are either fast tracked to being on the jury b/c other lawyers feel they understand the jargon/law etc. Or they get ditched asap b/c lawyers don't want lawyers on the jury.

I want to be called, just maybe not in the next 6mos or so....

littlebug2010

I got called last year, and here, we just go for one day, unless we get put on the jury.  I was initially placed, but becuase my dad had been a police officer for 23 years, I got dismissed.  The lawyers didnt want a cops daughter on the jury becuase it was a police vs bad guy situation.  I was bummed but at the same time, I got half the day off! 

MetsGirl18

I got called once right before I was starting law school and was moving OOS so I was excused.  Then, I eventually got called in the other state right before my wedding so I postponed.  When I got another summons, I just called the night before and they didn't need me.  I haven't been called since and that was 11-12 years ago.  I wouldn't mind serving because even though I'm a lawyer, I have nothing to do with trials and haven't seen anything inside of the courtroom in years.

tova24

I think I would like to be called for jury duty, but only when it conveniently works with my schedule

lewliv

The thing with jury duty is that it's much more boring than it appears on tv. First, it takes hours before everyone gets interviewed and the jury is set, then you may end up on a civil case (slip and fall in a grocery store) and spend hours listening to very unexciting and detailed descriptions of things that non legal folks understand very little.