i got a jury summons in the mail today. i've never been called before. well, that's not true. i've never been called in the right state before. i got two jury summons from delaware after i stopped living in that state. each time, my parents told me it arrived and i wrote a letter telling them i was no longer a resident. when i lived in chicago, i got a notice that i might be called, but then we moved away a few weeks later before they got around to my name on the list. these last 5 years in pennsylvania have been quiet, jury summons-wise. until today. i think they got me this time. unless my wife is denied tenure next year, we're basically here to stay (and even if that happens it will be over a year before we have to move away).
i've actually always wanted to serve on a jury, but suspected i never would after i went to law school. i turned out to be wrong. many states allow attorneys to serve on a jury (in fact, a friend of mine clerked for the chief justice of the new jersey supreme court and once told me that the chief herself once served on a new jersey jury--talk about intimidating to the lawyers involved!). that's not to say that i won't be struck by either of the parties because i'm a lawyer. but at the very least, i gotta sit around like everyone else to wait to not be called.
