One Lawyer’s Jury Selection Secret Weapon & The Cause Challenge Tango

Coopers' Code · Jan 20, 2026 · 11m · transcript

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper breaks down one of Larry Kern’s most memorable voir dire tools, the Jurometer.

Sparked by a listener question, the discussion revisits Kern’s courtroom technique of using a simple object, often a stapler, to help jurors safely acknowledge bias in a way that feels natural, human, and even humorous.

Miles walks through how the Jurometer works in real time, why it succeeds where direct questions about fairness often fail, and how it opens the door to effective cause challenges without burning peremptories.

The episode then expands into the deeper…