Hello everyone. I just wanted to share this link that I found, web site is American Bar Association. Helps explain in simple terms the court and how it works. I found it useful to help me wrap my brain around the steps etc. Here is the link... I hope you find it useful as well http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/pretrial_conference.html