Self-Help Videos
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 2: Pre-Trial Preparation
Courts and Procedure
Trial Prep part two Pre-trial tasks: preparing your expert witnesses, attending settlement conference, and obtaining declarations in lieu of live testimony from witnesses
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 3: Trial Notebook and Witnesses
Courts and Procedure
Trial Prep part three: Pre-trial tasks: assembling a trial notebook, subpoena witnesses, prepare your witnesses.
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 4: Overview of Trial
Courts and Procedure
Trial Prep part four: Pretrial conference, jury selection, opening statements, witnesses, closing statements, deliberation and verdict.
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 5: Direct Examination
Courts and Procedure
Trial Prep part five: Direct examination, checklist for entering exhibits, diret examination tips
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 6: Evidence, Cross Examination, Closing
Courts and Procedure
Trial Prep part six: Basic rules of evidence (personal knowledge, relevance, hearsay), questioning yourself, cross-examination, motion for judgment as a matter of law, and closing statements
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 2: Pre-Trial Preparation
Courts and Procedure
Part 2 discusses pre-trial tasks: preparing your expert witnesses, attending settlement conference, and obtaining declarations in lieu of live testimony from witnesses. Pre-trial tasks continue in Part 3.
Trial prep is key to an effective trial or a better settlement. If you are representing yourself (also called pro se, pro per, or in propria persona) in a civil case before the Superior Court, this video series is designed to guide you through the basics of trial preparation, so that you can be prepared for your day in court.
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 3: Trial Notebook and Witnesses
Courts and Procedure
Part 3 continues discussing pre-trial tasks: assembling a trial notebook, subpoenaing witnesses, and preparing your witnesses.
Trial prep is key to an effective trial or a better settlement. If you are representing yourself (also called pro se, pro per, or in propria persona) in a civil case before the Superior Court, this video series is designed to guide you through the basics of trial preparation, so that you can be prepared for your day in court.
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 4: Overview of Trial
Courts and Procedure
Part 4 gives an overview of how the trial will proceed, from pretrial conference to jury selection, opening statements, witnesses, closing statements, deliberation and verdict.
Trial prep is key to an effective trial or a better settlement. If you are representing yourself (also called pro se, pro per, or in propria persona) in a civil case before the Superior Court, this video series is designed to guide you through the basics of trial preparation, so that you can be prepared for your day in cou
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 5: Direct Examination
Courts and Procedure
Part 5 discuses direct examination and entering exhibits into the record, plus direct examination tips.
Trial prep is key to an effective trial or a better settlement. If you are representing yourself (also called pro se, pro per, or in propria persona) in a civil case before the Superior Court, this video series is designed to guide you through the basics of trial preparation, so that you can be prepared for your day in court.
Trial Prep for Self-Represented Litigants 6: Evidence, Cross Examination, Closing
Courts and Procedure
Part 6 discuses basic rules of evidence (personal knowledge, relevance, hearsay), how to question yourself as a witness, cross-examining the other side’s witnesses, motion for judgment as a matter of law, and closing statements.
Trial prep is key to an effective trial or a better settlement. If you are representing yourself (also called pro se, pro per, or in propria persona) in a civil case before the Superior Court, this video series is designed to guide you through the basics of trial preparation, so that you can be prepared for your day in court.