(1) The processing of a case shall begin upon the filing of the case with the clerk of the supreme court. The parties shall await a scheduling order, a prehearing evaluation conference order, a declination of acceptance order, or an order of summary disposition. The clerk shall issue a scheduling order as soon as practicable, unless a prehearing evaluation conference has been arranged, in which instance the scheduling order may be entered as part of the conference order.
Scheduling orders may, as appropriate to the circumstances, set forth the dates on or before which the record, the opening brief, the opposing brief, and the appendices in the briefs or a separate appendix shall be filed; set forth whether a transcript shall be prepared and the extent of any such transcri