# Jury Selection Software: What It Does and How to Choose

Public AI-agent Markdown version of [Jury Selection Software and Apps: How to Choose](https://peerprobe.app/blog/jury-selection-software) on PeerProbe.

## Profile

- Page: Jury Selection Software and Apps: How to Choose
- Summary: What jury selection software and apps do, the main types, how leading tools compare, and how to choose one, with a software vs consultant cost check.
- Canonical page: https://peerprobe.app/blog/jury-selection-software
- Markdown page: https://peerprobe.app/blog/jury-selection-software.md
- Category: Technology
- Author: PeerProbe
- Published: May 15, 2026
- Last synced: 2026-10-10T16:50:34.989Z

## Content

> **Jury selection software is a tool that helps trial attorneys research, score, and organize potential jurors before and during voir dire.** It pulls public data — social media, voter registration, court history, neighborhood demographics — into a single profile for each juror, flags likely bias, and replaces the sticky notes and frantic Google searches that most trial teams still rely on in the courtroom.

For decades, jury selection ran on instinct and a legal pad. You had the juror questionnaire, a few minutes of voir dire, and your read on a stranger's body language. Whatever you missed, you missed.

That gap is what jury selection software closes. The category has grown quickly because the stakes are obvious: a single biased juror you failed to identify can decide the case. And the alternative — a traditional jury consultant at $5,000–$25,000 per trial — prices most firms out of professional juror analysis on all but their biggest matters.

This guide covers what jury selection software actually does, the main types, the leading tools, and how to choose one for your practice.

> **Key takeaways**
> - Jury selection software does three jobs: **research, scoring, and organization** — not every tool does all three.
> - The category splits into note-taking tools, data-aggregation tools, and predictive scoring platforms.
> - Scoring platforms are the closest substitute for a jury consultant, at a fraction of the $5,000–$25,000-per-trial cost.
> - Choose on five factors: scoring vs. organization, state-specific data, real-time use, transparent pricing, and ethical defensibility.

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## What does jury selection software do?

At its core, jury selection software does three jobs: **research, scoring, and organization.**

**Research.** It aggregates publicly available information on each prospective juror — social media activity, voter registration and political affiliation, prior court involvement, professional background, and neighborhood demographics — into one profile, in minutes rather than the hours a paralegal would spend on manual searches.

**Scoring.** The more advanced platforms apply a model to that data and produce a bias or favorability score for each juror, calibrated to your case type. This is what lets you rank a panel and prioritize strikes when the clock is running.

**Organization.** Most tools also handle the courtroom mechanics: digital seating charts, real-time notes, peremptory and for-cause challenge tracking, and collaboration so a paralegal or co-counsel can feed you information while you question the panel.

Not every product does all three. That distinction is the single most useful lens for choosing one.

## Types of jury selection software

The category splits into three groups, and they solve different problems:

![The three tiers of jury selection software: note-taking, data aggregation, predictive scoring](https://peerprobe.app/blog_images/figures/software-tiers.svg)

### 1. Organization and note-taking tools
These replace the legal pad. Digital sticky notes, seating charts, questionnaire management, and challenge tracking, built for real-time collaboration during voir dire. **JuryBox** is the best-known example, priced at $399/year per user. These tools are excellent at keeping a trial team organized but do little predictive analysis — they help you record what you observe, not uncover what you can't see.

### 2. Research and data-aggregation tools
These pull public records and social media into juror profiles so you're not running manual searches under time pressure. The value is breadth and speed of data.

### 3. Predictive scoring platforms
These go furthest: they analyze the aggregated data and output a juror bias or favorability score, often updating it in real time as voir dire progresses. **Momus Analytics** and **PeerProbe** sit here. This is the category that most closely substitutes for what a jury consultant does — at a fraction of the cost.

The right choice depends on whether your problem is *staying organized* or *seeing bias you'd otherwise miss.*

## Leading jury selection software compared

| Tool | What it's best at | Predictive scoring | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| **PeerProbe** | Real-time Juror Bias Score™ from multi-source public data, built for Florida public records | Yes — 1–10 score by case type | From $499/mo (solo) |
| **Momus Analytics** | Data-science scoring for large firms | Yes | Not public; premium |
| **JuryBox** | Courtroom organization & note-taking | No | $399/yr per user |
| **JurorSearch** | Centralizing notes, surveys, and research | Manual ratings | By consultation |
| **JuryMapping** | Deep public-records + social profiles | Yes | Not public |
| **Voltaire** | Big-data juror profiles via NLP | Yes | Not public |

*Pricing and features per each vendor's published materials as of 2026; confirm current terms directly.*
A practical read on this table: if you only need to get organized, the note-taking tools are inexpensive and effective. If your goal is to identify bias you can't surface in a few minutes of questioning, you need a platform that scores jurors against case-specific data — and most of those hide their pricing, which makes budgeting hard for a small or mid-size firm.

## Jury selection apps vs. jury selection platforms

Search for "jury selection app" and you will find two different kinds of tools:

- **Seating chart and note apps.** Tablet apps that replace the legal pad: a grid of seats, a place for notes on each juror, and a strike tracker. They organize what you learn in the courtroom but do no research of their own.
- **Research and scoring platforms.** Software that researches every juror before and during voir dire, scores bias, and keeps the whole team on one live view.

Many trial teams want both jobs done in one place. PeerProbe runs in the browser, so the research, the live voir dire view, and the strike decisions all happen in the same tool on whatever device you bring to court.

## How to choose jury selection software

Match the tool to how you actually try cases. Five questions sort the field quickly:

1. **Do you need scoring or just organization?** Be honest about the problem. Note-taking tools won't surface hidden bias; scoring platforms will, but cost more.
2. **Is the data tailored to your state?** Public-records law differs by state and, in Florida, by county. A tool built on national data will miss what's locally available. PeerProbe is built Florida-first for exactly this reason.

> **In Florida:** each of the 67 counties sets its own public-records access through its [Clerk of Court](https://www.flclerks.com/), and juror qualifications are set by [Florida Statutes Chapter 40](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0040/0040.html). A national tool averages over that; a Florida-built one uses what's actually available in your venue.
3. **Is it usable in the courtroom, in real time?** Juror lists arrive late and voir dire moves fast. If a tool can't deliver during selection, it's a pre-trial research product, not a jury selection tool.
4. **Is the pricing transparent and flat?** Per-trial or "call us" pricing punishes firms that try cases often. Flat monthly pricing with unlimited searches is far easier to justify.
5. **Is it ethically defensible?** The software should use only publicly available information, with no contact with jurors. Several state bars hold that researching jurors online is permissible — and that *failing* to may even fall short of the duty of competence — but the method matters. In Florida, voir dire itself is governed by [Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.431](https://www.floridabar.org/rules/ctproc/), and attorney conduct by the [Rules Regulating The Florida Bar](https://www.floridabar.org/rules/rrtfb/). (See also [Is It Legal to Research Jurors Online?](https://peerprobe.app/blog/is-it-legal-to-research-jurors-online).)

## The cost case: software vs. a jury consultant

This is where the category earns its keep. A traditional jury consultant runs **$5,000–$25,000 per trial**, which is why most firms reserve them for bet-the-company cases and go without on everything else.

Run the math on a firm trying six cases a year. Consultants on three of them at $12,000 each is $36,000 — for half your trials. A scoring platform at a flat monthly subscription covers *every* trial for a fraction of that, with the same category of analysis.

![Annual cost comparison: jury consultant on 3 of 6 trials ($36,000) vs. scoring software for all 6 ($5,988)](https://peerprobe.app/blog_images/figures/cost-6trial-software-vs-consultant.svg)

> For firms conducting two to three trials a year, the software pays for itself against a single consultant engagement.

That shift — professional juror analysis on every case, not just the expensive ones — is the real reason the category exists.

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## See it work on a real panel

PeerProbe was built for the scoring problem specifically. It compiles social media intelligence, voter registration, court history, and neighborhood demographics into a single [Juror Bias Score™](https://peerprobe.app/features/juror-bias-score) — a defensible 1–10 rating for every juror in your pool, calibrated to your case type, and delivered in real time during voir dire. It uses only publicly available information, and it's built around Florida's county-by-county public-records rules.

The workflow follows the order of a real jury selection:

1. **Case details.** Set the case type so scoring is calibrated to it.
2. **Jurors.** Import the jurors on your panel from the day's pool.
3. **Identity matching.** Confirm each juror against candidate profiles so the research is about the right person.
4. **Voir dire.** Capture answers live as questioning happens.
5. **Results.** Review every juror's score, fit, and confidence before you strike.

![PeerProbe identity matching screen comparing candidate profiles for each juror](https://peerprobe.app/blog_images/screens/screen-identity-matching.webp)

![PeerProbe results screen scoring each juror's fit and confidence during jury selection](https://peerprobe.app/blog_images/screens/screen-results.webp)

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## Frequently asked questions

**What is jury selection software?**
Jury selection software is a tool trial attorneys use to research, score, and organize potential jurors before and during voir dire. It compiles public data into per-juror profiles, flags likely bias, and tracks peremptory and for-cause challenges, replacing manual research and paper notes.

**Is jury selection software legal to use?**
Yes, when it relies only on publicly available information and involves no contact with jurors. Multiple state bar opinions have found that passive online research of prospective jurors is ethically permissible, and some suggest that failing to research jurors may fall short of an attorney's duty of competence.

**How much does jury selection software cost?**
It ranges widely. Organization-focused tools like JuryBox cost about $399/year per user. Predictive scoring platforms range from roughly $499/month for solo practitioners to enterprise plans in the low thousands per month. That compares to $5,000–$25,000 per trial for a traditional jury consultant.

**Can jury selection software replace a jury consultant?**
For many cases, yes. Scoring platforms deliver the data-driven juror analysis that consultants provide, on every trial rather than only high-stakes ones. For bet-the-company cases, some firms use both — feeding the software's data to a consultant to cut their research hours.

**Does jury selection software work in real time during voir dire?**
The scoring platforms do. They deliver juror profiles and scores as the panel is seated and update them as voir dire progresses, which is what makes them usable for live strike decisions rather than only pre-trial planning.

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## Conclusion

Jury selection software has moved juror analysis from a luxury reserved for major trials to something a firm can apply to every case. The category covers everything from digital note-taking to real-time bias scoring, and the right pick depends on whether your problem is organization or insight. If it's insight — surfacing the bias that a few minutes of voir dire will never reveal — you want a platform that scores jurors against case-specific public data.

[See how PeerProbe scores every juror in your pool →](https://peerprobe.app/features/juror-bias-score)

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*Sources: Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.431 (jury / voir dire); Rules Regulating The Florida Bar; Florida Statutes Chapter 40 (jurors); Florida Clerks of Court (flclerks.com); New York City Bar Association Formal Opinion 2012-2 (online juror research); ABA Formal Opinion 466; vendor published materials (JuryBox, Momus Analytics, JuryMapping, JurorSearch, Voltaire).*

## Frequently asked questions

### What is jury selection software?

Jury selection software is a tool trial attorneys use to research, score, and organize potential jurors before and during voir dire. It compiles public data into per-juror profiles, flags likely bias, and tracks peremptory and for-cause challenges, replacing manual research and paper notes.

### Is jury selection software legal to use?

Yes, when it relies only on publicly available information and involves no contact with jurors. Multiple state bar opinions have found that passive online research of prospective jurors is ethically permissible, and some suggest that failing to research jurors may fall short of an attorney's duty of competence.

### How much does jury selection software cost?

It ranges widely. Organization-focused tools like JuryBox cost about $399/year per user. Predictive scoring platforms range from roughly $499/month for solo practitioners to enterprise plans in the low thousands per month. That compares to $5,000–$25,000 per trial for a traditional jury consultant.

### Can jury selection software replace a jury consultant?

For many cases, yes. Scoring platforms deliver the data-driven juror analysis that consultants provide, on every trial rather than only high-stakes ones. For bet-the-company cases, some firms use both — feeding the software's data to a consultant to cut their research hours.

### Does jury selection software work in real time during voir dire?

The scoring platforms do. They deliver juror profiles and scores as the panel is seated and update them as voir dire progresses, which is what makes them usable for live strike decisions rather than only pre-trial planning.


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