There are no treatises or handbooks on how to conduct a trial
during a global pandemic, but health and safety concerns have to be
your primary concern. There is still a lot we do not know about
Covid-19, so it is important to focus on the basic principles we do
know—stay socially distanced from the people you need to be
around, and critically assess who actually needs to be in the room
where it happens. In complex trials with a large team of lawyers,
paralegals, hot seat operators and other support staff, setting up
a trial "war room" during a pandemic is a significant
undertaking.
Setting Up the War Room
With health and safety in mind, the first step to setting up a
successful war room is meticulous planning. Contacting and
involving key members of building/office operations early in the
process will benefit you in the long-run. It is unfortunately
fairly easy to take certain things for granted, but everything good
that happens in the world happens because of
