I recently received a summons to appear for jury duty next month. My first reaction: awesome! I clerked several jury trials when I worked for a Hennepin County judge, but I always thought it would be interesting to get a juror’s perspective on the process. The questionnaire included with the summons asks me if I have a disability that would “interfere with service as a jury member.” I’m tempted to respond with “no” and see what happens when I report for duty. I’m probably more likely to be dismissed because I’m an attorney than because of my disability. Still, maybe I’ll get lucky and some lawyer will consider me the ideal juror for a particular case. Maybe I can even be that juror that the tough-as-nails prosecutor just can’t take her eyes off of during her closing argument.
