Simulate jury deliberation before you step into the courtroom.

The cost of going in blind

Trial preparation depends on understanding how laypeople will respond to your case. Traditional mock juries are the gold standard, but they’re slow, expensive, and you rarely get more than one shot.

Example scenario: Product liability mock deliberation

Step 1. Generate profiles: 12 participants · Guidance: “jury pool for a suburban county in Ohio, mixed education levels, homeowners and renters, varied views on corporate responsibility”

Step 2. Add project materials: Case facts, exhibit summaries, jury instructions, and competing narrative frames

Step 3. Run simulation: Topic: “Plaintiff alleges manufacturer knew of defect in consumer product and failed to issue timely recall. Defense argues plaintiff misused the product outside intended specifications.” · Duration: 90 min · Export: JSON

Output includes deliberation transcript showing how jurors reason through liability, which arguments gain traction, where the defense narrative breaks down, and a final vote (liable / not liable / undecided). Representative statements capture the language jurors use to persuade each other, useful when drafting closing arguments.

How trial teams use this

• Pre-trial case theory development: Test 5-10 narrative framings against realistic panels before committing to a trial strategy
• Voir dire preparation: Build a profile of favorable and unfavorable juror characteristics specific to your case
• Witness preparation: Understand which testimony themes resonate and which create confusion or skepticism among lay jurors
• Settlement negotiations: Inform damages exposure estimates with simulated deliberation outcomes and reasoning
• Appellate strategy: Simulate how different juries might respond to the same fact pattern under alternative jury instructions

A note on appropriate use

Simulated jury deliberation produces directional signals: it identifies where a case narrative is vulnerable, which arguments land with which juror profiles, and how group dynamics influence outcomes. Treat results as hypothesis generation for trial strategy; they are not statistically predictive verdicts.

AnthroSim is a preparation and strategy tool. It does not replace jury consultants, mock trial vendors, or the judgment of experienced trial counsel. It gives your team more iterations, faster, so the investment in traditional preparation is better targeted.