This is my first day of jury duty for something like 8 years. Something new for me was a really interesting and well-done presentation on implicit bias and how to avoid letting it enter into our decisions as jurors, which was shown to us after a presentation on jury service that was also updated (the presentation I had seen every other time among other things showed a woman accused of witchcraft surviving long enough under water to be rescued as an innocent person under those laws,

as an example of how trial by jury is fairer). On the other hand, the first elevator I took refused to go higher after stopping on the 6th floor, and both elevators I took rattled and reminded me of the subway. I won't be giving daily reports and obviously can't say anything about any voir dires or cases I might get involved with, but I thought a quick remark about jury service in Manhattan might be of passing interest to some of you.