PRE-2024 COMMITTEE NOTE
The Committee believes that Local Civil Rule 39.2 serves a useful role in clarifying the
power of the Court to determine the order of summation.
2026 COMMITTEE NOTE
The rule has been amended to confirm that the court has discretion not only with
respect to the order of summations, including whether to allow a rebuttal summation,
but also over the length of summations. The amendment is also intended to make plain
that the court may exercise this discretion at any time.
