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OLSI Visual Guide · 14

Civil Trial

How to prepare for and present your own civil trial in Florida — the evidence rules that decide what the fact-finder ever hears, and the order of trial from opening to verdict.

8 min · Captioned · Florida · Current to 2026

Preparing for and Presenting Your Civil Trial

A visual guide to trying your own civil case in Florida — getting set for trial, jury vs. bench, exhibit and witness lists, the evidence rules a non-lawyer must know, getting a document admitted, the order of trial, and post-trial deadlines. Free from OLSI.

This visual walkthrough is published free of charge by Open Law Services Institute (OLSI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity, EIN 42-2351258. It accompanies our full written guide, which is also available as a downloadable PDF. Every OLSI resource is written and reviewed by licensed attorneys and released under an open Creative Commons licence.