Civil Model Jury Charge 1.10B Duty of Citizens to Serve as Jurors in NJ

1.10 INSTRUCTIONS TO JURORS BEFORE VOIR DIRE

(Approved 11/98)

[The following suggested jury instructions are offered as assistance to judges in organizing their communications with juries. The Committee recommends that the judge tailor these instructions to the particular case being tried. In the circumstances presented, some of these suggested instructions should be altered, some should be eliminated. In addition, the format or the order in which these instructions are given to the jury should be the subject of the judges option or discretion in each individual case.]

B. Duty of Citizens to Serve as Jurors

I recognize that serving as a juror is inconvenient, but jury service is an important duty of citizenship. Having jurors available to decide the facts in lawsuits is fundamental to our entire system of justice. The courts cannot function without members of the public offering their time to serve as jurors.