Learn Legal MS Word - Statutes, Rules and Table of Authorities

All of my students receive a thorough Table of Authorities Litigation class. When they are done, they are very good at setting up simple and complex Caption Boxes as well as a concise Table of Authorities page composed of Cases, Statutes and Rules. When doing a Table of Authorities, a lot of my new students are confused when it comes to recognizing Federal Statutes vs. State related Statutes. The link below, will help you to see the pattern of the Federal Statutes and the State Statutes State by State. All fifty states are covered in the link below. https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/3-300 While Statutes pertain to the law, Rules (Federal or State) pertain to the workings and rules of the particular court the case is being heard in. Federal courts and State Courts have rules that govern every aspect of the chronology of a court case. How long do I have to respond to a Motion, what documents are submitted after the initial complaint? How long do we have to answer the Complaint and on and on. Below is a link that will discuss the Federal Rules vs. the Rules of the various State Court systems. https://law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/courtr/ If you get comfortable with the subject of Statutes and Rules then the remainder of doing a Table of Authorities is quite simple and each separate category of Authorities is easy to designate and separate in the Table of Authorities Dialog Box. If you need our 4.5 hour class on Table of Authorities, simply contact us. Training From An Inside Perspective... www.advanceto.com