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YOUR JEFFERSON PARISH CLERK OF COURT TRIAL BY A JURY OF ONE'S PEERS IS AMONG OUR FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
AS YOUR CLERK OF COURT, I ADMINISTER THE PARISH'S JURY SYSTEM, ONE THAT HAS WON NATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR ITS INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.
UPON ASSUMING OFFICE, I INSTITUTED ONE DAY, ONE TRIAL JURY SERVICE.
IN LOUISIANA, JEFFERSON PARISH CITIZENS SERVE FOR ONLY ONE TRIAL, WHICH MOST OFTEN LAST NO LONGER THAN THREE DAYS.
MANY TRIALS ARE OVER IN A DAY.
THOSE NOT SELECTED AS JURORS SERVE ONLY FOR THE ONE DAY THAT THEY REPORT.
A DAY USUALLY ENDS BEFORE FOUR 30.
IN MOST LOUISIANA JURISDICTIONS, JURY SERVICE LASTS FOR A WEEK OR MORE.
ANYONE SUMMONED FOR JURY DUTY CAN RESCHEDULE HIS OR HER SERVICE ONLINE AND CHOOSE A DATE THAT IS MOST CONVENIENT BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.JP CLERK OF COURT, US ONE DAY, ONE TRIAL AND ONLINE RESCHEDULING HAVE MADE JURY DUTY IN JEFFERSON PARISH AS EASY AND CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE.