(a) Convening Pretrial Conferences: In addition to any scheduling conference
and the final pretrial conference, the judicial officer to whom the case is assigned for trial
may convene as many pretrial conferences as the judicial officer determines will reduce
cost and delay in the ultimate disposition of the case. The judicial officer may require
the parties to meet or confer in advance of a pretrial conference.
(b) Pretrial Conference Order: After a pretrial conference, the judicial officer
shall enter an order reciting the action taken. The order shall control the subsequent
course of the action and may be modified in the same manner as a scheduling order
under LR Civ P 16.01(f).
