Mock Trials
Present competing case theories, testimony, exhibits, and arguments to mock jurors and observe deliberation and decision-making.
MOCK TRIALS & FOCUS GROUPS
Test the Case Before the Jury Does.
Gain candid feedback on your themes, witnesses, evidence, and arguments before trial. Our mock trials and focus groups help legal teams identify what resonates, what creates confusion, and where the case can be strengthened.
Real Juror Feedback
Customized Case Design
Confidential & Controlled
Actionable Trial Insights
RESEARCH DESIGNED AROUND YOUR CASE
Mock Trials, Focus Groups & Jury Research
Choose the format that best fits the questions you need answered. Programs can be tailored to the case, stage of litigation, available time, and trial team objectives.
Focus Groups
Explore reactions to themes, evidence, witnesses, terminology, damages, and case narratives in a guided discussion format.
Witness Evaluation
Test witness credibility, clarity, demeanor, and how key testimony may be received by jurors.
Theme & Message Testing
Compare themes, opening concepts, demonstratives, and case language to identify what jurors understand and remember.
Damages & Verdict Research
Explore how jurors evaluate liability, causation, damages, and verdict questions before trial.
MOCK TRIALS & FOCUS GROUPS
Detailed Service Overview
Mock trials and focus groups give counsel an opportunity to test a case before presenting it to the actual jury. Sessions can be structured around openings, witness testimony, exhibits, closings, questionnaires, deliberation, and moderated feedback.
The process helps identify which facts resonate, which issues create confusion, how jurors react to witnesses, and where themes or arguments may need refinement.
DLS can assist with planning the session, participant logistics, courtroom technology, observation, analysis, and post-session strategy.
TURN FEEDBACK INTO TRIAL STRATEGY
What You Can Learn
Juror research is most useful when it answers concrete strategic questions before the actual jury is seated.
What Jurors Remember
Identify the facts, phrases, exhibits, and testimony that remain with jurors after presentation.
What Creates Doubt
Discover gaps, unanswered questions, credibility problems, and arguments that may weaken the case.
Which Themes Resonate
Compare competing themes and learn which story jurors find most clear, reasonable, and persuasive.
How Jurors Deliberate
Observe the language, assumptions, disagreements, and decision paths jurors use when discussing the case.
Where to Refine the Presentation
Use the research to sharpen openings, witness preparation, demonstratives, voir dire, and closing strategy.
A PRACTICAL, CASE-SPECIFIC APPROACH
How the Process Works
Case Planning
We identify the questions you want the research to answer and design the format around your case.
Research Design
We develop the agenda, questionnaires, presentation structure, verdict forms, and discussion topics.
Mock Juror Session
Counsel presents the case while our team observes reactions, captures feedback, and facilitates the research.
Deliberation & Focus
Mock jurors deliberate and then participate in a guided discussion about the evidence, attorneys, witnesses, and themes.
Strategic Debrief
We organize the findings and discuss practical adjustments the trial team can make before court.
CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR CASE
Flexible Research Formats
DLS can support short focused sessions, half-day programs, full mock trials, and customized jury research. Programs may include openings, testimony, exhibits, closings, verdict forms, deliberation, questionnaires, and post-deliberation discussion.
Discuss Your Case →Want to Know How Jurors May See Your Case?
Let’s design a mock trial or focus group around the decisions your trial team needs to make. We can build the session around your case theory, evidence, witnesses, and available preparation time.
Real-World Trial Perspective
Research designed with the realities of courtroom presentation in mind.
Actionable Feedback
Findings focused on practical changes your team can make before trial.
Customized to the Case
No one-size-fits-all program—each session is built around your litigation questions.