First Year Legal Research - 2024-2025

To promote efficient operation and establish uniform procedures, courts are empowered to enact certain rules relating to procedures and administrative matters. Rules of courts control the operation of the courts and the conduct of the litigants appearing before them. Court rules can dictate everything from time limits to file pleadings to the margins of documents filed with the court. While they may appear to be purely procedural, court rules can have an impact on individuals’ substantive rights.