Social Media Use By Jurors

There's an interesting article on Third Branch News - the U.S. Courts news website - on an update to the model jury instructions used by Federal judges to deter the use of social media by jurors during trial. 

A Judicial Conference Committee has updated the model set of jury instructions(pdf) federal judges use to deter jurors from using social media to research or communicate about cases on which they serve. The new guidelines provide detailed explanations of the consequences of social media use during a trial, along with recommendations for repeated reminders of the ban on social media usage.

2011 Nevada Jury Instructions -- Civil

The State Bar of Nevada recently published the Nevada Jury Instructions -- Civil, a revision of model civil jury instructions.  The 2011 edition is a three-ring binder with an included CD-ROM.  Topics include negligence, personal injury, intentional torts, products liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, fraud, punitive damages, contracts, contractual relationships, commercial torts, employment, and construction defects.  There is also an appendix with forms.  More info on this publication is available on the bar's website. 

The previous version was the Nevada Pattern Jury Instructions published by Michie (now LexisNexis) in 1986.