Next Pre-Trial Question for Jurors: Are You Vaccinated?

Judges have a new question to consider as they ramp up in-person trials during the pandemic: whether prospective jurors can be asked about their vaccination status.

Asking about vaccination status could give insight into jurors’ worldview and help the court from a safety perspective, but it could be seen as intrusive or as a proxy for asking about a juror’s politics. It’s ultimately up to judges whether they want those kinds of questions to be asked during jury selection, judges, lawyers, and jury experts told Bloomberg Law.

“It’s a very fluid area right now,” said Kimberly Mueller, chief judge ...