Jury Service Information
JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM DIRECTIONS
- Directions from the Market Street Entrance:
- Enter the Justice Center through the Market Street Entrance.
- Take the elevator to the 5th Floor.
- Make a left and go down the long hallway to the Jury Assembly Room, Suite 5325.
If you are selected to serve as a trial juror, your Jury Service will be for the length of that trial. Most trials take between one and five days to complete. Because of this DO NOT make any appointments or commitments that would interfere with you serving on a trial that may take up to five (5) days to complete. If you are NOT selected as a trial juror, your length of service will be two (2) days.
The normal business hours for the court are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., however you may be required to report at a different time. The phone call-in system will advise you of the specific time to report if your services are required. If you are seated on a trial, you may serve later than 4:30 p.m. Breaks and a minimum of an hour for lunch will be provided.
REPORTING FOR Jury Service
Unless otherwise directed by your summons or the phone-in procedure, persons selected for Jury Service are to report to the Jury Assembly Room (Suite 5325) on the 5th Floor of the of the Chester County Justice Center
located at
201 W. Market Street, West Chester, PA.
When jurors report, they are greeted by court personnel and given badges with their juror number on them and asked to be seated until jury orientation commences. During the jury orientation video, the names of those individuals present are identified and entered into the computer system for random selection to juror panels. The jury staff then calls a person's name, waits for a response and assigns the juror a seat. When the process is complete, the panel is escorted to the courtroom for the selection process know as "voir dire".
Prospective jurors not selected are returned to the Jury Assembly Room for possible assignment to other panels. At the end of two days, those not selected as jurors or not specifically asked to return (when voir dire extends beyond the second day) are dismissed. Those selected to serve on a jury are dismissed at the end of the trial.
Please use good judgment and dress conservatively. We suggest that you wear simple business attire that is comfortable and not extreme in style. This helps maintain the dignity of the court. Blue jeans, shorts, tank tops, and tee shirts are not suitable.
