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An Evaluation of Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Under the Civil Justice Reform Act

James S. Kakalik, Terence Dunworth, Laural A. Hill, Daniel McCaffrey, Marian Oshiro, Nicholas M. Pace, Mary E. Vaiana

January 29, 1997

Institute for Civil Justice, Rand Corporation.

Report to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management: A Study of the Five Demonstration Programs Established Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990

Donna J. Stienstra, Molly Johnson, Patricia A. Lombard, D. Dean P. Miletich, John E. Shapard, Melissa J. Pecherski, Scott A. Gilbert, Sirkka Kauffman

January 1, 1997

Report on the programs adopted by districts designated as demonstration districts by the Civil Justice Reform Act. Includes list of issues to address in designing a mediation program.

Mediation & Conference Programs in the Federal Courts of Appeals: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers [Superseded]

Robert J. Niemic

January 1, 1997

This sourcebook is a reference guide on mediation and conference programs in the federal courts of appeals, programs that may offer a way for courts to deal with increasing filings.

ADR and Settlement in the Federal District Courts: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers

Donna J. Stienstra, Elizabeth Plapinger

January 1, 1996

Based on a survey of the federal district courts and an analysis of their rules, this sourcebook describes in detail how each court's ADR and settlement procedures functioned at the time of the survey.

Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Bankruptcy Court: The Mediation Program in the Southern District of California

Gordon Bermant, Steven Hartwell

January 1, 1988

A study of the Southern District of California's bankruptcy mediation program. The authors summarize interviews with twenty-six program participants and analyze the first eighty adversary proceedings to come to mediation.

The Wayne County Mediation Program in the Eastern District of Michigan

Kathy L. Shuart

January 1, 1984

An examination of a mediation procedure used in the Eastern District of Michigan that was built on an existing mediation program developed by the Third Circuit in Wayne County (Detroit), Michigan. The report describes the procedure in both the federal district court and the state trial court.

Mediation in the Western District of Washington

Karl Tegland

January 1, 1984

A description of an innovation applied in the Western District of Washington for mediation of selected civil cases. Under the procedure described in this publication, judges referred cases to attorneys who serve as mediators without compensation, in an attempt to induce settlements.

Report on the Mediation Program in the Eastern District of Michigan

Joe S. Cecil, Barbara Meierhoefer

January 1, 1983

A description of a rule adopted by the Eastern District of Michigan that permits a judge to refer diversity cases to a mediation panel and to impose certain costs as a penalty if a resulting trial does not improve on the award suggested by the panel.

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