What to wear as a juror?

[Lagertha]

I've been selected for jury service. What would be appropriate to wear? A suit, black trousers and t shirt, or can I wear jeans?

Clothes that you are comfortable in. The other jurors will be wearing any or all of the items you mentioned and no-one will be bothered what you wear.

Everyone arrives on day 1, looking smart in office type clothes.
By day 2, everyone is in casual wear.

Not jeans in court - surely? (I am a tad old fashioned and a stickler for etiquette).

Best bet is to phone the court and ask.

The men mostly wore jeans and T-shirts.
The women looked slightly smarter in summer dresses or summer tops and trousers with sandals.

Ah okay. This is good to know. Was worried the court would be offended if I rock up in jeans. But its much more comfortable so I think I might do smart shirt and jeans.

Middleagedmotheroftwo - you'd actually phone and ask? Seriously?

I have done jury duty. People wore all kinds of things from suits to scruffy dirty tracksuits. It really doesn't matter.

Anything you want really.

I'm tickled at the previous poster ringing the court to ask what to wear.
Would you genuinely telephone the court house middleagedmum.

Jury duty is about brains. Not clothes.

Comfortable is my advice. Could be lucky and short case. Could be a two weeker plus!

I wore casual office clothes. Lots of people wore jeans. You'll be sitting for hours on end so the main thing is to be comfortable. Wear a cool top with a cardigan or jacket you can take off so you don't have to freeze or swelter in the courtroom.

OP this made me chuckle, a few years ago I worked with a very style conscious gay man who put loads of thought into what he was going to wear for jury service. He turned up on his first day and was furious because was a woman in leggings and uggs and a guy with greasy hair and a dirty grey tracksuit.

TBH jury duty doesn't seem to be very much about brains either.
I agree with Ron about having a layer for the courtroom. The jury assembly room was very stuffy but the courtroom was excessively air-conditioned.

Well, I wouldn't call the court because I know what I would wear (not jeans). But if I wasn't sure, and was concerned enough to ask people on MN about it, I would call the court, yes.

I'm surprised the letter doesn't give a dress code.

Mrs, I am generally nervous about the whole thing! The idea of court is terrifying. At least clothes is one less thing to stress over

It doesn't give a dress code because there isn't one!

I'm surprised the letter doesn't give a dress code
Probably because there isn't one.

Anyone can be called to do jury service, regardless of income level or occupation. It wouldn't be reasonable to expect people to buy new clothes to do jury services, just to meet an arbitrary dress code. People wear what they have.

The idea of bringing a cardigan is good. I will do that. Sweating profusely is probably not a good look.

Wear what you like - chances are that you won't get selected for anything anyway and will spend two weeks twiddling your thumbs and being sent home early, followed by a week of form filling and phone calls to ensure that they actually cover your child care costs. Strangely enough my childminder still wanted to be paid for a full day, even if the jury service didn't require my presence past 1pm.

The question is not what should I wear but which books should I stick on my Kindle to read!

Luckily I don't have to worry about childcare. Still waiting on HR telling me if I'll get paid.

In the meantime, I will get to the library. I haven't had a chance to read a book in ages. Maybe I should start looking forward to this.

Luckily I don't have to worry about childcare. Still waiting on HR telling me if I'll get paid.

In the meantime, I will get to the library. I haven't had a chance to read a book in ages. Maybe I should start looking forward to this.

Our court had a lovely lady assigned to looking after the jurors. She was very good at explaining forms (did you know you can claim for a dog walker?) etc.
Then the ushers look after you in the courtroom.
They see so many people that the system worked like a well-oiled machine.

My boss was annoyed that I couldn't get an exemption so wasn't keen to pay me my full salary. I claimed for loss of earnings, I can't remember the rate, and then he made it up to my usual salary. This appeased him slightly.

have not done jury duty, I do wonder about it sometimes - silly question... I have bladder trouble (which they say cannot be fixed)- how often do you get to go to the loo??

If you're going to drive yourself there make sure you are authorised to do so, otherwise you won't be able to claim mileage and parking.

I live in a part of my town that wouldn't normally be authorised, the idea being that it was easy to get public transport to the town where the court is. I called the jury officer and explained that I had to take my son to his childminder in a rural village, then drive on to the other town and the journey was impossible by public transport so she authorised me to drive.

Probably every two hours or so JustA. If you are desperate you can ask to be excused.

Definitely get a book, even if you are selected for a jury there's still plenty of sitting around time.

I was paid by my employer for the 4 days I should have been working. From memory that involved more form filling as jury service pays so much per day and my employer then paid the amount to top that up to my full pay so I wasn't out of pocket. Hope that your employer does the same!

Fingers crossed that you get a trial that makes your jury service seem worthwhile, but that doesn't last longer than 2 weeks or give you nightmares!