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Benchbook Scripts in Word

December 11, 2025

See below several scripts from the Benchbook in Word.  

Note: these are unpolished Word documents intended for ease of use in copying and editing.

Downloadable files:
Microsoft Office document icon 1.01.IV Initial Appearance
Microsoft Office document icon 1.02.C Appointment of Counsel
Microsoft Office document icon 1.03.IV Release or Detention Pending Trial
Microsoft Office document icon 1.04.A Offense Committed in Another District
Microsoft Office document icon 1.06.A-F Waiver of Indictment
Microsoft Office document icon 1.07.A-B Arraignment and Plea
Microsoft Office document icon 1.08.A-E Joint Representation of Codefendants
Microsoft Office document icon 1.09.A-C Waiver of Jury Trial
Microsoft Office document icon 1.11.A-B Delinquency Proceedings
Microsoft Office document icon 2.01.D-T Taking Pleas
Microsoft Office document icon 2.06.B-C Standard Voir Dire Questions
Microsoft Office document icon 2.07.A-H Preliminary Jury Instructions (Criminal)
Microsoft Office document icon 2.08.A-C General Jury Instructions at End of Criminal Case
Microsoft Office document icon 3.01.II.A Death Penalty Procedures
Microsoft Office document icon 4.01.III.A-H Sentencing Procedure
Microsoft Office document icon 6.05 Standard Voir Dire Questions (Civil)
Microsoft Office document icon 6.06.A-H Preliminary Jury Instructions (Civil)
Microsoft Office document icon 6.07.A-C General Jury Instructions at End of Civil Case
Microsoft Office document icon 7.01.III.A Contempt (Criminal)
Microsoft Office document icon 7.04.B-E Grand Jury Selection
Microsoft Office document icon 7.06 Naturalizations Proceedings (Oath)
Microsoft Office document icon 7.08 Oaths

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Judges & the Art of Judging