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[brendillon]

As a lawyer, you can bet your buttocks you wouldn't be wearing a kilt in the courtroom. like it or not, there is a very good chance that the jury would take you LESS seriously.
as a member of the jury (or called to be impanelled) you can bet too that you'd probably be dismissed by one of the lawyers. Like it or not, wearing a kilt is seen by the general establishment as being a bit odd. lawyers don't want to bet their case on someone which the establishment thinks is 'a bit odd'. In some cases, one side might find that desirable, which makes it a darn sure thing that the other lawyer is going to dismiss.

[gilmore]

In real life you might likely be struck from the jury, that is, not selected. There are 2 ways that that could happen. You could be struck because you could not be---or appeared not to be able to-- able to render an impartial and fair verdict, due to thiings such as already having made up your mind about the case from reading about it in the newspapers, being related to or a friend of one of the parties or their attorneys, etc. The judge would strike you.

The second way would be to be struck by one of the attorneys, and that might be what would be likely to happen. Attorneys can have a limited number of strike they can use for almost any reason under the sun. And they tend to use them, if they have enough, to weed out those whose views they can't predict, especially those whose views might be unfavorable to their client or favorable to the opposing side. A man wearing a kilt might well be thought unpredictable. Of course, if one of the parties was wearing a kilt, had a Scots last name, or the matter involved kilts, or something similar, it might be a different story.

In other words, what a trial attorney has to do based on little information and in a very short time, quickly make an important decision. Few like to take more risks than they have to.

[sharpdressedscot]

Dude, I know you jsut want to wear the kilt in spite of what your teacher, just to show him, but you can't it's going to cost you. It feels so right don't it, but you have to do what the superiors say........wait, what am I saying?? Wear it, wear the kilt!!!!!! Wear it with pride! But what about his grade average, precious? Screw the grade average!!!

[LairdOfTheBrae]

As a lawyer, you can bet your buttocks you wouldn't be wearing a kilt in the courtroom. like it or not, there is a very good chance that the jury would take you LESS seriously.
as a member of the jury (or called to be impanelled) you can bet too that you'd probably be dismissed by one of the lawyers. Like it or not, wearing a kilt is seen by the general establishment as being a bit odd. lawyers don't want to bet their case on someone which the establishment thinks is 'a bit odd'. In some cases, one side might find that desirable, which makes it a darn sure thing that the other lawyer is going to dismiss.

really? i will remember this when i get summoned for jury duty, wooot!