(a) Examination of Prospective Jurors.
The judicial officer shall conduct the examination of prospective jurors called to
serve in civil actions. In conducting the examination, the judicial officer shall
identify the parties and their respective counsel and briefly outline the nature of the
action. The judicial officer shall interrogate the jurors to elicit from them whether
they have any prior knowledge of the case and what connections they may have, if
any, with the parties or their attorneys. Inquiries directed to the jurors shall embrace
areas and matters designed to discover basis for challenge for cause, to gain
knowledge enabling an intelligent exercise of peremptory challenges, and to
ascertain whether the jurors are qualified to serve in the case on trial. The judicial
officer may consult with the attorneys, who may request or suggest other areas of
juror interrogation. To the extent deemed proper, the judicial officer may then
supplement or conclude his or her examination of the jurors.
(b) Jury Lists.
Names of jurors drawn for jury service from the court=s qualified jury wheel may
be disclosed only in accordance with the court=s Jury Selection Plan. Jury lists
prepared by the clerk shall be made available to counsel and unrepresented parties
as provided in the Jury Selection Plan.
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