Build Court-Ready Trial Exhibits & Master Evidentiary Foundations

Free legal formatting tools, exhibit list generators, Bates numbering calculators, and evidence foundation scripts for state and federal court trials.

Interactive Trial Preparation Calculators

Generate compliant exhibit indices, calculate Bates page sequences, and determine required trial binder copies under local court rules.

Court Exhibit List & Index Generator

Build an organized, court-compliant Exhibit Index table with Exhibit Numbers, document descriptions, dates, sponsoring witnesses, and foundation rules.

Build Exhibit List

Bates Numbering & Page Calculator

Calculate starting and ending Bates ranges, volume page splits, and multi-binder physical capacity based on 2-inch and 3-inch trial binders.

Calculate Bates Ranges

Trial Binder Tab & Copy Estimator

Determine the exact number of trial binder copies needed for the Judge, Court Clerk, Witness Stand, Opposing Counsel, and Jury.

Estimate Binder Copies

Cornerstone Evidentiary Guides

Preparing Court Exhibits & Trial Binders

Step-by-step trial binder assembly: tabbed dividers, exhibit stickers, table of contents, bench copies, and pretrial exchange protocols.

Read Assembly Guide

Laying Evidentiary Foundation (FRE 901)

Master the four-step ritual for introducing documents into evidence: marking, showing counsel, authenticating via witness, and moving for admission.

Read Foundation Guide

Electronic Evidence & Social Media

Authenticate text messages, emails, digital photographs, and social media posts under Federal Rules of Evidence 901 and 902(13)/(14).

Electronic Evidence Guide

Plaintiff vs Defendant Exhibit Labeling

Local court naming conventions: numbers vs letters, sticker color standards (yellow/blue), and multi-party designations.

Exhibit Labeling Guide

Jurisdictional Trial Rules

California (CRC Rule 3.1110)

Mandatory electronic bookmarking, tab specifications, index requirements, and local superior court pretrial exhibit exchange rules.

California Exhibit Rules

Texas (TRCP & TRE Rules)

Texas Rules of Evidence Rule 902 self-authenticating records, business record affidavits under TRE 902(10), and pretrial exhibit lists.

Texas Exhibit Rules

Florida (Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.200)

Pretrial conference exhibit disclosure deadlines, objections waived if not raised in joint pretrial statement, and trial binder rules.

Florida Exhibit Rules

Federal Courts (Local Rules & FRE)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26(a)(3) pretrial exhibit disclosures, joint exhibit lists, and Bates numbering standards.

Federal Exhibit Rules