A Day in Court tour guide meets the group of students, along with teachers and parent chaperones at the courthouse, usually in room 509, at approximately 8:45 a.m. The tour guide provides the teachers and chaperones with a calendar of trials scheduled for that day, and gives a brief orientation to the program. The presiding judge and court administrator will also speak to the students and answer questions. Smaller groups of students then accompany a teacher or chaperone to different courtrooms to observe different trials. Students are allowed to sit in a courtroom as long as they like, or to visit different courtrooms. The tour guide rotates through various courtrooms to answer questions.

At approximately 11:45 a.m., the tour guide meets with the entire group at the original location to discuss their experience and to answer questions.