If the right to a jury trial applies and a timely demand has been filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 38(b), the parties may consent to have a jury trial conducted by a bankruptcy judge under 28 U.S.C. 157(e) by jointly or separately filing a statement of consent within fifteen days after the last date to file a pleading.
 
 

          As of the effective date of these Local Bankruptcy Rules, the bankruptcy judges were specially designated to conduct jury trials in all proceedings commenced in cases filed under Title 11 of the United States Code by General Order #44 of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.