Now in a newly updated second edition, Going to Trial: A Step-by-Step Guide To Trial Practice And Procedure is a step-by-step walkthrough published by the American Bar Association. Describing the unique features of each procedural step of the trial from filing suit and jury selection to post-trial motions and the closing argument, Going to Trial includes sample reproducible forms and point-by-point bulletins that break down sometimes complex steps to their simplest basics. A 3 1/2" high density floppy diskette, formatted for the PC, offers 60 text files (Microsoft Word 6.0) that correspond to the 60 numbered forms in Going To Trial. This is the definitive resource for aspiring and practicing attorneys and a "must-read" for anyone who needs to know precisely what is involved.

I am one of the initial contributors to this trial primer from the ABA General Practice Section. The orignal authors, all veteran trial lawyers, produced a work designed to help the occaisonal litigator get through the morass of a jury trial.

First published in the mid-1980's, it had become a popular book for the ABA Press. Recently a Second Edition was released, which attempts to bring the guide up to date.

Within its modest ambitions, the book works. It contains numerous checklists for each stage of the pretrial and trial process. It cannot substitute for trial experience, however or with knowledge of local practice rules.

If you don't get to trial often, this book can help. That is all it ever aspired to do.