The Sedona Conference is pleased to announce publication of a special supplement to the Third Edition of its Resources for the Judiciary, originally published in June of 2020. This supplement concentrates on the management of remote and hybrid pretrial proceedings in civil litigation. It pulls together the best of the local rules, court orders, decisions, and scholarly analysis addressing the courts’ experiences of operating for two years under a variety of pandemic-related restrictions, with an emphasis on the lessons learned that will have lasting impact, long after the restrictions are lifted. In particular, the successful conduct of remote and hybrid proceedings requires a heightened level of cooperation between opposing parties and closer attention to case management issues by the court, which builds on the theme of the Cooperation Proclamation and the prior editions of the Resources for the Judiciary. |