Here are the parts and what they do.
Pleadings - Allege facts you must prove to win
Discovery - Gets evidence into the record so you can prove what you allege
Memoranda - Makes arguments in writing
Motions - Require the court to act
Orders - Compel people by force
That's it.
Simplicity is Power
The power of this course is simplicity!
If winning were difficult, this course would not exist.
Winning is easy once you know what is explained in this course.
If you're suing someone, allege and prove the essential elements of your complaint.
If you're being sued by someone, allege, and prove the essential elements of your defenses and show that your plaintiff has not alleged or cannot prove the elements of his complaint.
If you're accused of a crime, allege, and prove that the prosecutor has not alleged or cannot prove the elements of the crime beyond and to the exclusion of any reasonable doubt.
That's it.
Just What You Need
You don't need a law degree!
You don't need to know all the stuff learned in law school:
contract law
property law
wills and trusts
probate procedure
corporations
intellectual property
guardianship
sales, securities, and the UCC
torts
tax
etcetera
Three long, expensive years of mostly rubbish!
All you need to know are:
Facts of your case
Laws that apply to the facts
Procedures that get evidence
Into the record
Procedures that prevent your opponent from getting his evidence
Into the record
Motions that force judges to sign orders
That's it.
You don't need to know everything!
You only need what will win your case!
The Law of Your Case
Every case turns on very little law.
Most are decided on just one.
The facts decide which law.
Dog bite laws, for example, ask these questions:
Did the dog cause injury in the past?
Was the dog taunted by the victim?
Was the victim on the owner's property?
Was the dog under the owner's control?
The law of your case won't be much more complicated.
The law of your case will ask a similar set of questions.
Answer those questions with proof.
The law of your case is probably a single statute or common law principle.
The law of your case will be a list of essential elements.
The winner will allege and prove those elements.
Gee whiz! Why didn't the "professional Bar" tell us this?
Why has this been kept secret from the People? Do the math: $$
Lawyers make money by keeping you in the dark!
Rules of Procedure
You have a right to do anything lawyers can do.
You don't have to be one to represent yourself.
You can do anything a lawyer could do if you're representing yourself.
You can't represent a corporation, a probate estate, or a friend, but you can represent yourself.
We all have a right to represent ourselves.
And we all have a right to know how!
That's why this course exists!
You will know how to represent yourself.
If you choose to hire a lawyer, you will know what the lawyer must do to win. You won't just pay his fees and hope he does what's needed. Many of them will just take your money and cave in when the chips are down.
Follow the rules of procedure.
Force your opponent to follow the rules.
Force the judge to follow the rules.
The rules are quick and easy to learn.
Rules of Evidence
The evidence rules are a filter.
They allow good stuff to come in.
They keep bad stuff out.
They're quick and easy to learn.
Evidence is the stuff that wins cases.
The rules of evidence are common-sense.
Use the evidence rules to keep your opponent from misleading the court with falsified and deceptive tricks.
Stop hearsay in its tracks!
Make witnesses say what you want them to say.
Prevent your opponent from hiding the ball.
Easy to do.
The Power of Objections
Objections enforce the rule!
That needs to be repeated.
Objections enforce the rules while making it clear on the record when a judge makes material errors that may need to be appealed.
Enforce the rules with objections.
Control the judge with objections.
Throw your opponent under the bus and hand him his lunch with objections!
Powerful stuff.
Don’t just say, “Objection!”
State the grounds for your objections.
Everything STOPS till objections are ruled upon.
YOU control the court … not the judge!
Moving the Court
Courts do nothing until you "move" them.
You move the court with "motions".
It's quite easy.
Move the court to order stuff.
Any kind of stuff you want the court to order.
Move the court to order your opponent to obey the rules.
Move the court to order the bailiff to open a window if the courtroom is too stuffy.
Move the court for any order you need.
The judge will either grant your motion or deny it.
You should have been taught this in Junior High!
