Social Media Research Repository

State Courts

California:

• Judicial Council of California, Civil Jury Instruction 100 (pdf), approved Dec. 2009.
• Superior Court of San Francisco County, Rule 7.2 requires the use of a new Juror Questionnaire and Instruction Sheet (pdf).

Connecticut:

• Conn. Civ. Jury Inst. 1.1-1.
• Conn. Crim. Jury Inst. 1.2-10.

Florida:

Proposed Civil Instruction 1.0, Preliminary Instruction, In Re: Standard Jury Instructions (Civil) and (Criminal), Juror’s Use of Electronic Devices, Case No. SC10-51:

• General Jury Pool Instructions (pdf)
• Voire Dire Instructions (pdf), proposed Jan. 2010.

The Florida Supreme Court adopted modified versions of the proposed amendments to the Civil and Criminal Jury Instructions (pdf) on October 21, 2010.

Illinois:

• Illinois Pattern Civil Jury Instructions (IPI) 1.01 (article by Passen Law Group, Nov. 2009).

Indiana:

• Order Amending Indiana Jury Rules 20 and 26 (pdf)  Revised Mar. 1, 2010, effective July 1, 2010.

Michigan:

• Rule 2.511 (pdf), effective Sept. 1, 2009, as set forth in the revised Model Civil Jury Instructions (pdf).

Missouri:

• Revisions to Civil Jury Instructions, In re Revisions to Mai-Civil, 2009 Mo. LEXIS 544, 5-6 (Mo. Nov. 23, 2009).

New Jersey:

• Model Jury Charge 1.11C (PDF) amended May 2010

New York:

• Criminal Jury Instructions, Jury Admonitions In Preliminary Instructions (pdf) at 4 (revised May 5, 2009)
• Civil Pattern Jury Instructions (pdf) at 1:10; 1:11

Ohio:

• Ohio State Bar Association Jury Instructions, I.C. Jury Admonition, (May 26, 2010).

South Carolina:

• Order dealing with Juror Use of Personal-Communication Devices, (effective July 1, 2009).

Wisconsin

• Criminal Jury Instruction No. 50 (pdf) (effective Dec. 2009).

Federal Courts

3d Cir.

• General Instruction for Civil Cases 1.2
• Model Civil Jury Instruction 1.3, Conduct of the Jury (pdf)
• Model Criminal Instruction 1.03, Conduct of the Jury (pdf) (approved Nov. 2009) (pdf).

8th Cir.

• Preliminary Civil Jury Instruction 1.05, Conduct of the Jury (pdf)
• Preliminary Criminal Jury Instruction 1.08, Conduct of the Jury (pdf).

9th Cir.

• Model Civil Jury Instruction No. 1.12, Conduct of the Jury.
• Model Criminal Jury Instruction No. 1.9, Conduct of the Jury.

N.D.  Iowa

• Conduct of the Jury During Trial.

Other Sources

American College of Trial Lawyers

Jury Instructions Cautioning Against Use of the Internet and Social Networking (PDF) (Sept. 2010), includes:

• Summons to Prospective Jurors
• Instructions for Impaneled Jurors
• Courtroom Conduct
• Message for Impaneled Jurors to Send to Family and Friends
• Statement of Compliance for Jurors to Sign

U.S. Judicial Conference

• Committee on Court Administration and Case Management,  Proposed Model Jury Instructions, The Use of Electronic Technology to Conduct Research on or Communicate about a Case (pdf), recommendation effective Dec. 2009.