Jury Duty

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I have been summoned for jury duty, LJ! I have never been summoned before, and am sort of surprised that they managed to summon me for NYC, since I have very few official documents with my address here. I think it must be taxes; that's the only thing I do with the NYC government.

Anyway, though I am working on getting a letter from my employer which says I am way too valuable to waste on jury duty (heh, whatever), it seems likely that I will have to hang around and use those valuable skills to avoid being chosen. What is your advice? I have heard variously: dress really nicely, dress really sloppily, exaggerate stories of any crime which has happened to you, exaggerate your amount of higher learning. What do you say, LJ?

Comments

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I should have been clearer: I definitely do not mean lie, and I've seen some advice on the internet in the vein of "act crazy!" or "act racist!" and that's not what I'm looking for. I more meant, "what actual aspects of my background will help reduce my chances of being chosen?"

I wouldn't mind being on a jury someday, if just to see what it's like. But being a graduate student means there are so few clearly defined boundaries and expectations (and yet so many of them) that it would be very difficult to take the time to do so right now.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I've never been called, my mom got out last time because my dad was in the hospital, and my aunt, who gets called all the time, absolutely loves it and never tries to get out. So alas, I have no advice!