Rule 8:6-2. Pretrial Conferences

(a) Local Property Tax Cases Pretrial conferences may be held at the discretion of the court either on its own motion or on a party's written request. The request of a party for a pretrial conference shall include a statement of the facts and reasons supporting the request. The court, on its own motion or at a party's request, may direct that a pretrial conference be conducted by telephone. In those cases in which a pretrial conference has been scheduled, each party shall file with the court and exchange with each other party its pretrial memorandum no less than seven (7) business days before the pretrial conference. The pretrial memorandum shall be in the form prescribed by the Tax Court.

(b) State Tax Cases Pretrial conferences may be held pursuant to R. 4:25-1, et seq. There shall be no separately scheduled pretrial conferences for small claims division matters, except for good cause.