3.7.1Manner of Setting. Cases shall be set for trial by order of the court.3.7.2Date of. Setting. Cases shall be set for trial for a date certain. If a case is not assigned to trial by the second Friday after the date it was set, whether because of a continuance or because it was not reached, the court shall reset the case to a date certain. Unless all parties agree otherwise, the setting must comply with all requisites of T.R.C.P, 245.3.7.3Preference for ADR. In the discretion of the court, preference in setting cases for trial shall be given to matters in which the parties have participated in alternate dispute resolution procedures.3.7.4Assignment to Trial. A case is assigned to trial when counsel are called to the court to commence the jury or non-jury trial on the merits. For the purposes of engaged counsel, no court may have more than two cases assigned to trial at any one time, one before the judge and one before the associate judge.3.7.5Open Weeks. Except with the consent of all parties, and the court, no cases will be assigned to trial on the merits nor for ancillary hearings during: 1) The week of the Second Administrative Judicial Region Conference (March);2) The week of the State Bar Convention (June);3) The week of the State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course (August); 4) The week of the Conference of the Judicial Section (September); and5) The last two weeks of December.3.7.6Continuances. Continuances shall be governed by T.R.C.P. 251 through 254.Harris Cnty. Fam. Div. L. R. 3.7