Summoned to Jury Duty right in middle of S&T internship
So I just got the letter in the mail that summons me to jury duty june 20th, right in the middle of a S&T internship I have. How can I get out of it? Are students exempt? Someone was telling me you're allowed to miss one if you have a good reason.
I've gotten this before, too. You'll hear before whether or not you'll actually have to go -- you should get a phone number on there that you'll call on a specified day. I had one summons when I was getting ready to take finals in undergrad, and they were pretty lenient with it -- I'd imagine that they might be flexible with an internship but it's hard to say.
Happened to me, explained the situation (still in uni and on an internship) and they got me out of it. Worth giving them a call.
Question: Who actually serves jury duty?
Answer: People too stupid to get out of it.
Junior summoned for Jury Duty (Originally Posted: 09/20/2012)
So I go down to my mailbox today expecting to get the usual random crap in the mail, but lying there with all the rest of the junk I receive was a summons for jury duty.
I've got recruiting to get through and school so I'm already in over my head. I would love to do jury duty at some point in my life, but that's just not possible now. Do you have any idea how I can get excluded from it for hardship (legally obviously) ?
I believe you have the option to postpone once but then have to serve the next time they summon you. I was unable to serve both times I've been summoned and I would probably be in hot water if stopped by a policeman.
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if you show up that morning to register, you can explain there are extenuating circumstances and they'll let you off the hook. this happened to me.
You're a junior. If you just got a jury duty notice, I find it hard to believe that it will conflict with recruiting considering it's September.
Someone I know did his IB SA stint in his home city and had to take two days off of work during the summer because of jury duty (he got the offer).
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-out-of-jury-duty-2012-7?op=1 http://www.askmen.com/money/how_to_60/98_how_to.html
Maybe one of these has something?
I've successfully postponed three times. My first summons was freshman year. To this day I'm still postponing.
During Voir Dire, just make up something that would make you appear to be a biased juror, and you will be off the hook.
Jury Duty (Originally Posted: 11/18/2013)
I got summoned for jury duty. I thought that if you don't get selected on the first day, you're done. So I ranted to the judge about how "reasonable doubt" is a subjective term that makes me uncomfortable and I got dismissed. But these motherfuckers told me to come back at 9am tomorrow.
What do I do to get out of this ASAP?
At this point I don't think you can. Usually when you get the summons there are some options on the back for reasons to opt out. I'd be VERY careful about trying to get the judge to disqualify you. If the judge catches you, you can be held in contempt of court/charged.
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I already put it off for 6 months. They won't let me any more. And I wasn't doing anything ridiculous. I think I'll be fine.
If you have children they may exempt you depending on your state. If not, there is no reason that your boss should not give you time off. If they don't notify the clerk of court, and your boss could go to jail for contempt of court.
I don't advocate getting out of jury duty, but if you have to, defense attorneys and prosecutors don't like wild cards. In other words, they generally like people who dress like bankers on the jury, and they generally dislike having people wearing anti-establishment t-shirts on the jury.
So I am going to encourage you to do your civic duty, show up wearing a suit and a tie, so you can be selected for the jury.
$40/day + $.51/mile to hometown
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/jury_faq.php
OP is probably trolling us. But I am going to keep on pretending like that's not the case just to frustrate him. Everyone else should, too, because trolling a troll is fun.
OP, just tell the prosecutor that you're unemployed. He'll just use one of his juror kick-out cards to get you off the trial. Done.
I recommend just being your normal self as an unemployed college student. Dressing the way you normally dress for class would help too. You'll be in and out in 30 minutes, likely by the prosecutor asking to dismiss you.
idk the laws of your city, assuming NYC, but when I was summoned, I called and told them I am still a student, then they excused me.
I was on a jury once. You gotta hope you get the people who try and defend themselves. Those are the most fun.
Man I would be screwed if heister was judging me.
I just brought up jury nullification and it worked like a charm.
i once got summoned during the school year. told them i wasn't around and they let me off the hook just like that.
What happens if you get jury duty and you're in ibanking? (Originally Posted: 04/01/2007)
Sorry guys but I gotta take some time off to go sit on a jury of some petty thing.
Legally you have a obligation to go, however chances your boss is ok with this is 0%. This has to happen sometimes, though rare.
I will never have that problem.
Show up and claim to have a racist/religious/some other bias against the defendent and leave? You still waste half a day.
i know in california you just have to call and 90% of the time they don't ask you to come in
meaning even the biggest BSD can't do anything but follow the law. Try to get out of it, but if you can't nothing the firm can do to penalize you.
You'll be able to postpone your service (for one year, I believe) from your date of summons. With luck, when the summons comes a year later, you'll be in another state working for a top PE firm. ;)
Your boss can write you a letter. Not a big deal.
Just ask if the judge knows who you are. As soon as he finds out you are an investment banker he will surely realize how important you are and dismiss you.
Don't show up. Your summons is not sent through registered mail so therefore they can't 'prove' it arrived and therefore you can legitimately say it never came.
I didn't pull that from my ass but come from a family of attorneys.
I'm pretty sure different states have different levels of enforcement of jury duty. I know in some states if your boss writes a letter, you get out of it and you can just keep doing this as many times as you want. However, in other states, you can only get out of it once and then the next time you're called, you have no choice but to go, even if you're CFO of a Fortune 500 company (this actually happened at a company I worked for).
Jury Duty P. 2 (Originally Posted: 03/31/2010)
Any new thoughts on getting out of jury duty if you work in finance in NYC? The last time this was discussed was a while ago, and I didn't see anything helpful.
Turn up dressed as a storm trooper claiming to have resurrected Jesus.
anything prejudice works.
A well-placed "I bet he's black, huh?" comment will do.
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