Rule 1:20 - Scheduling Civil Cases for TrialThe circuit courts of the Commonwealth must adopt one or a combination of the following procedures for scheduling civil cases for trial.
(a) Counsel of record may agree to a trial date and may secure approval of the court by telephone call or other electronic communication to the designated court official.(b) Counsel of record may agree to a trial date as a part of a written plan prepared and submitted to the court for approval pursuant to Rule 1:18.(c) The court may, at the request of counsel of record, or may in its own discretion, direct counsel of record to appear, in person or by telephone, for a conference to set a trial date and consider other matters set forth in Rule 1:19 or Rule 4:13.(d) The court may set civil cases for trial at a docket call held on a day as provided by § 17.1-517.(e) Following the submission of a praecipe, the court may set civil cases for trial at a docket call held on a day as provided by § 17.1-517. The Executive Secretary must make accessible these procedures on the Internet.
The clerk of each district and circuit court must make their respective procedures available in the office of the clerk of that court.
Amended by order dated June 12, 2009, effective 7/1/2009; amended by order dated November 23, 2020, effective 3/1/2021.