There were about thirty of us in the jury selection room. Two of us had doctorates, one had a MD. None of the three of us were selected for the case. Relevant? Who knows! They did ask every juror about their educational background, including where they went to school.
It was a car/truck accident case, and it turned out that several of the potentials had professional trucking experience (or had family members who did). Several had also been in car accidents. Several worked in healthcare. But I didn’t manage to track whether they were empaneled or not…
