Can i wear jeans to jury duty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If that's how you want to be perceived...

Da fuq?

[Anonymous]

You can wear whatever you want, one time I wore scrubs. I'm a nurse and had just gotten off a night shift. I wasn't picked.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. I don't want to be disrespectful but I have an 8am call time and I really would like to be comfy. I'll look nice, just also like not going to work if I get released early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If that's how you want to be perceived...

Da fuq?

You know EXACTLY what this post means.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trial lawyer here. You can wear anything you want to jury duty. I would say that jeans is the most common thing that people wear. I would suggest that you bring a sweater or sweatshirt because you will be sitting for long periods of time and sometimes the courts are cold.

As far as thinking that someone can get out of jury duty because of their outfit, I can honestly tell you that I give clothing almost no thought whatsoever. If you showed up in stained sweatpants, I'd figure you had a busy life and your morning started off rough - if I even noticed. I also don't think that jeans shows any sort of disrespect for the litigants. That's all some people own and certainly you shouldn't have to buy new clothes to serve on a jury.

+1. Really people, wear whatever you want. Jeans if that floats your boat, or a suit if it doesn't - or anything in between. It's your job to be impartial not to impress anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:]If that's how you want to be perceived...

Da fuq?

You know EXACTLY what this post means.

And you know that the poster who replied "Da fuq" wasn't actually pleading for linguistic clarification.

[Anonymous]

Does that mean I get to wear my booty shorts?

[Anonymous]

I had jury duty in Anne Arundel last week, and the summons specifically said no jeans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had jury duty in Anne Arundel last week, and the summons specifically said no jeans.

Fuck that shit. This isn't an issue for me, because DC allows jeans, but I have a casual workplace and am not interested in participating in the courtroom-as-theater thing. Citizens get rounded up and detained to sit on a glorified focus group. Don't like being target practice for the attorneys' sophistry, but I'll (reluctantly) deal. No way I'm wearing a freaking costume to do it.

I find lawyers have what seems to me to be a very high tolerance for empty ceremony. And they're willing to engage in excessive demonstrations of deference toward judges and even police officers. Not me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had jury duty in Anne Arundel last week, and the summons specifically said no jeans.

Most people still wear jeans and sweat suits and probably should for the amount of time you spend sitting around in the waiting area liked trapped cattle.

[Anonymous]

I wore jeans and uggs two weeks ago and wasn't selected. I made a bet with DH and won! In my previous experiences I wore work clothes and was selected three times straight.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I'm definitely not the only one wearing jeans. And there are lots of sneakers (not me) and sweatshirts (not me) and lot of Redskins gear (also not me). Also lots of people dressed up must be going to their offices if they get released. Not me. I'm going grocery shopping.

Thanks for all the info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had jury duty in Anne Arundel last week, and the summons specifically said no jeans.

Fuck that shit. This isn't an issue for me, because DC allows jeans, but I have a casual workplace and am not interested in participating in the courtroom-as-theater thing. Citizens get rounded up and detained to sit on a glorified focus group. Don't like being target practice for the attorneys' sophistry, but I'll (reluctantly) deal. No way I'm wearing a freaking costume to do it.

I find lawyers have what seems to me to be a very high tolerance for empty ceremony. And they're willing to engage in excessive demonstrations of deference toward judges and even police officers. Not me.

Still bitter about not having the grades for law school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went last Tuesday, wore jeans and a jacket. Didn't get picked. Earned $4 and sat around for 6 hours...

This was me as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does that mean I get to wear my booty shorts?