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A Brief History of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Mediation Program A Brief History of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Mediation Program, Materials Provided by Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA). The Los Angeles Superior Court sponsors one of the largest and most active mediation programs in the world. Historically, mediators have been asked to volunteer their services and work for reduced fees. There is an active debate as to whether these policies should continue. These materials provide background and detail on both sides of the debate. Your selected article and the entire Mediate.com Library are yours for free. First we need a small amount of information to best serve you: I am: a member of the public a mediator (including attorney-mediator) an attorney other dispute resolution professional My area code is: or no area code (International) Thanks for the opportunity to serve you. Privacy Why we ask The purpose of this summary is so that SCMA can have a more fully informed discussion on July 30 as we come together for the Board to hear from its members their feelings about the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Court-Annexed Mediation Program. Please do your part in preparing for this discussion by understanding the program’s genesis, its history, the documents that authorized its initiation, and the recent correspondence and articles voicing differing opinions about the current state of the program. In 1993, CDRC and the ADR community worked together with the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC), and the Bar to get the legislature to pass Senate Bill 401 (SB 401) . This bill mandated that the LASC set up a pilot mediation program (four years 1995-98) to study the effectiveness of mediation as a tool in resolving general civil cases [1] . After much work (and negotiation), SB 401 was passed, with the proviso that the cost savings to the court as a result of this mediation program be quantified and used as a measure of the program’s success. Full Article: http://www.mediate.com/articles/scma_article.cfm


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