Features¶
JuryBinder's interface is organized into seven views, accessible from the tab bar at the top of the screen. Each view is designed for a specific phase of jury selection work.
Views¶
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Overview | Dashboard with panel statistics, juror status tiles, and Case Settings |
| Responses | Master grid — all jurors and all questions at a glance |
| Jurors | Full profile for one juror: favorability, notes, flags, and oral voir dire responses |
| Analytics | Panel-wide flag counts and answer distribution charts |
| Auto-Flags | Define rules that automatically flag answers matching a pattern |
| Oral Voir Dire | Courtroom workbench — intake (no-shows), hand-raise capture, and per-juror Qualify / Strike-for-cause |
| Selection | Peremptory challenges and seating from the Qualified Pool |
Workflow¶
Jury selection runs through five phases. Each one has a natural home:
| Phase | What happens | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-trial review | Panelists submit the written questionnaire; attorneys read, rate, and flag answers before court. | Responses + Jurors |
| Intake | Court convenes. Not every panelist shows up — mark the no-shows so they're removed from the pool with a reason. | Oral Voir Dire |
| General oral questioning | Judge addresses the whole pool; panelists raise hands; you capture which seats raised and optionally attach a note. | Oral Voir Dire |
| Individual questioning | Attorneys question each juror; the judge rules Qualify or Strike for cause. You record each ruling. Once the pool has enough qualified jurors to absorb worst-case peremptories, the remaining unqualified jurors are dismissed as not needed. | Oral Voir Dire |
| Peremptory + seating | Walk the Qualified Pool in order; each juror is either struck by P, struck by D, or seated. When the jury fills, any remaining qualified jurors are dismissed as not needed. | Selection |
Two app-wide milestone banners fire automatically as you cross the thresholds:
- Qualification pool full — qualified ≥ jury + alternates + both peremptory limits. Signals P2 is done and peremptories can begin.
- Jury empaneled! — seated ≥ jury + alternates. Signals voir dire is complete.
Both banners appear at the top of every view — no more checking Overview to see where you are.
Additional features¶
Beyond the seven main views, JuryBinder includes:
- Privacy Mode — instantly hide all work product (notes, flags, favorability ratings) when someone approaches your table
- Collaboration — share case files with co-counsel and merge contributions from multiple attorneys
- Real-Time Sync — sync notes, flags, and strike decisions across devices in real time during voir dire
- Starter Presets — four read-only preset bundles (Baseline, Criminal Defense, Civil Plaintiff, Civil Defense) that fuzzy-match your questionnaire and seed a starting set of flag rules
- Clean Export — produce a clean Excel file with only public-record juror data, safe to share in response to a discovery request
- Acknowledgements — the overflow menu's Acknowledgements item opens an in-app viewer of every open-source component JuryBinder bundles, together with its license text. Required by the licenses and by Apple's App Store guidelines.
Each feature is described in detail in the pages that follow.