Managing Clerks Office

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — From Procedural Literacy to Deadline Precision

Lesson 2: The Foundation of Every Federal Deadline

Lesson 3: Weekends, Holidays, and “Legal Holiday” Traps — When the Deadline Actually Moves

Lesson 4: Service Method Impact on Deadlines — When Time Is Added

Lesson 5: Computational Exercises — Federal Time Computation Mastery

Lesson 6: Extensions of Time Under the FRCP — When Deadlines Do (and Do Not) Move

Capstone Assignment — Defensible Deadline Computation Under Pressure

Assessment - Computation of Time

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — Where Computation Meets the Case Lifecycle

Lesson 2: When the Clock Actually Starts — FRCP 3, 4, 6, 12

Lesson 3: Irregular, Delayed, and Failed Service — When the Clock Is Unclear

Lesson 4: Rule 12 Motions & Tolling Effects on Initial Deadlines

Lesson 5: Amended Pleadings & Response Deadline Resets

Lesson 6: Computational Exercises — Service, Response, Tolling, and Amendment

Capstone Assignment: From Service to Calendar — Defensible, Rule-Based Docketing

Service of Process & Initial Responses Assessment

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — From Response Deadlines to Active Litigation Management

Lesson 2: Federal Motion Briefing Cycles (MARS) — How Motions Create, Sequence, and Re-Trigger Deadlines

Lesson 3: Service vs. Filing Triggers — When FRCP 6(d) Applies and When It Does Not

Lesson 4: Extensions, Stipulations, and Modified Briefing Schedules

Lesson 5: Court Orders That Supersede Rules

Lesson 6: Computational Exercises — Briefing Cycles, Triggers, Extensions, and Order Resets

Capstone Assignment: Federal Motion Practice Execution

Motion Briefing Assessment

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — From Federal Rules to Court-Specific Execution

Lesson 2: Deadlines, Form, and Authority Beyond the Federal Rules

Lesson 3: SDNY vs. EDNY Motion Practice — Why Federal Courts in the Same State Do Not Operate the Same

Lesson 4: Individual Judge Rules (IAS) — How to Find, Read, and Apply Judge-Specific Motion Requirement

Lesson 5: Magistrate Judge Motion Practice & Referrals — When Authority Shifts and Procedures Change

Lesson 6: Reports & Recommendations & Objection Deadlines — When a Magistrate Does Not Decide

Lesson 7: Computational Exercises — Local Rules, IAS Requirements, Referrals, and R&R Objections

Capstone Assignment: Local Motion Practice Execution

Local Motion Practice Assessment

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — When Discovery Opens, What Controls It, and Why Assumptions Kill

Lesson 2: The Discovery Trigger Point — When Discovery Opens and What Authorizes It

Lesson 3: Initial Disclosures (FRCP 26(a)(1)) — Timing, Exceptions, and When Disclosures Are Stayed or Modi

Lesson 4: Discovery Scheduling Orders (FRCP 16(b)) — When Discovery Deadlines Become Court-Controlle

Lesson 5: Discovery Requests & Response Deadlines — Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission

Lesson 6: Depositions in Federal Discovery — Scheduling, Limits, and Subpoena Deadlines

Lesson 7: IMEs & Site Inspections — Court-Controlled Discovery Events With Hidden Deadline Risk

Lesson 8: Discovery Disputes, Motions to Compel & Court Intervention — When Discovery Breaks Down

Lesson 9: Discovery Cutoff & Close of Fact Discovery — The Hard Stop That Governs Everything

Lesson 10: Computational Exercises — Discovery Authorization, Response Deadlines, and Cutoff Plannin

Capstone Assignment: Discovery Trigger Execution

Discovery Trigger Assessment

Lesson 1: Chapter Introduction — From Expert Deadlines Through Judgment Entry

Lesson 2: Expert Disclosures & Expert Discovery — FRCP 26(a)(2), Rebuttal Timing, and High-Risk Deadlines

Lesson 3: Dispositive Motions & Summary Judgment Timing — FRCP 56, Dependencies, and Deadline Compression

Lesson 4: Daubert Motions, Motions in Limine & Pretrial Motion Sequencing

Lesson 5: Final Pretrial Orders & Trial Readiness Deadlines — When the Case Locks

Lesson 6: Trial, Verdict & Post-Trial Motion Triggers — When the Clock Resets and Every Day Counts

Lesson 7: Computational Exercises — Expert, Pretrial, Post-Trial, and Appeal Deadlines

Capstone Assignment: Sequencing, Computation, and Escalation from Expert Disclosures Through Appeal

Expert Disclosures Assessment