The court shall designate a calendar clerk, who need not be an employee of the clerk of superior court, for the purpose of publishing a calendar. The calendar clerk shall prepare a trial calendar from the actions appearing on the ready list, in the order appearing on such list. The calendar shall state the place of trial and the date and time during which the actions shall be tried. The trial calendar shall be distributed or published a sufficient period of time, but not less than 20 days, prior to the session of court at which the actions listed thereon are to be tried. The calendar clerk may distribute the calendar by sending an electronic copy via e-mail to the attorneys of record addressed to their e-mail addresses as registered with the State Bar of Georgia pursuant to USCR 4.2. Pro se parties must be notified by regular mail. [In State Court, see State Court Rule 8.3.]
Rule 8.3.Trial Calendar
Rule 8. CIVIL JURY TRIAL CALENDAR · Last amended 2013 · Last verified July 17, 2026
In one sentenceRule 8.3 requires the calendar clerk to build the trial calendar straight from the ready list, listing each action’s place, date, and time, and to distribute it at least 20 days before the trial session — by email to attorneys’ registered State Bar addresses and by regular mail to pro se parties.
Full Text of Rule 8.3
Plain-English Summary
Rule 8.3 turns the ready list into an actual trial schedule. The court appoints a calendar clerk — who does not have to work for the clerk of superior court’s office — to take the actions sitting on the ready list and lay them out in a calendar, in the same order they appear on that list. Each entry states where the trial will happen and the date and time window during which it will be tried.
Timing is the rule’s real teeth. The calendar has to go out at least 20 days before the court session where those cases will be tried, giving lawyers a guaranteed minimum window to finish preparing, line up witnesses, and clear their other commitments.
How the calendar gets delivered depends on who is receiving it. For attorneys, the clerk can send it electronically to the email address each lawyer has registered with the State Bar of Georgia under USCR 4.2 — no separate opt-in needed. Parties representing themselves do not have a State Bar registration to rely on, so they have to be notified by regular mail instead. A cross-reference in the rule flags that State Court follows its own parallel version of this rule for cases in that court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who prepares the trial calendar?
A calendar clerk designated by the court, who need not be an employee of the clerk of superior court.
How far in advance must the trial calendar be published?
Not less than 20 days before the session of court at which the listed actions are to be tried.
How are attorneys notified of the trial calendar?
By an electronic copy sent by email to the address each attorney has registered with the State Bar of Georgia under USCR 4.2.
How are self-represented parties notified?
By regular mail.
In what order does the calendar list cases?
In the order the actions appear on the ready list.
Amendment History
Amended effective November 28, 2013.
Source & verification. Rule text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Uniform Superior Court Rules, published by the
Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia. Last verified July 17, 2026.
· Official source
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