Rule 212.2 - Miscellaneous Instructions Pertaining To Trial(a) In all non-jury trials, the appropriate waiver of a jury trial shall be executed and filed no later than the day trial commences.(b) In all jury trials, requests for instructions to the jury, together with citations to legal authorities in support thereof, proposed voir dire questions, and jury interrogatories shall be submitted in duplicate at chambers. Such materials shall be filed when the judge may direct but in the absence of any specific direction, not later than the day when trial commences.(c) Except upon stipulation of affected counsel or by order of the judge, no statement contained in preliminary pre-trial memoranda or the pre-trial order shall be made the subject of comment to the jury by any party at the trial of the case.(d) Any counsel needing special equipment, device, personnel, or courtroom arrangements shall be responsible for assuring that such items are available at the time they are needed. Personnel assigned to the judge shall not be expected or depended upon to provide service for any party or counsel in the absence of a notation contained in the final pre-trial order.Amended effective November 2014.