Policy Statement  Procedural Order Regarding Scheduling of Final Pre-Trial Conference

Date:	01/02/2018
Organization:	Superior Court
Referenced Sources:	Superior Court Protocols by County

Procedural order

Effective January 2, 2018, final pre-trail conferences shall continue to be conducted in the trial session to which the case has been assigned, three weeks prior to the week in which the case is scheduled for trial.  Trial counsel for the Commonwealth and the defendant shall appear at the final pre-trial conference.

Pre-trial conferences shall be grouped by session, and scheduled for a designated day of the week in order to:  (1) ensure that the trial judge is available to conduct the conference; (2) minimize disruption of ongoing trials by providing designated day(s) of each week when trial shall be a half-day session; and (3) attempt to spread the custody volume more evenly throughout the week, for the benefit of the lock-up and other demands on our court officer staff.

The new schedule for final pre-trial conferences by session is as follows:

Guns and Drugs Session	Courtroom 817	Monday and Wednesday
Homicide Session	Courtroom 906	Tuesday and Thursday
Second Session	Courtroom 806	Monday
Third Session	Courtroom 808	Wednesday
Fourth Session	Courtroom 815	Tuesday
Seventh Session	Courtroom 907	Thursday

Assistant Clerks shall kindly organize the session calendars accordingly, with appropriate notice to counsel.