Alaska Alaska Court System AK http://www.state.ak.us/courts /mediation.htm A variety of programs are offered in courts throughout the state. Alabama Arkansas Alabama Center for AL http://www.alabamaadr.org Arkansas Alternative Commission AR http://courts.state.ar.us/court s/adr.html Responsible for development and implementation of ADR in courts, communities, businesses, agencies & schools of AL We are responsible for providing education to the courts, other government agencies and the public on the methods, advantages and applications of ADR; for assisting state and local courts and governmental and other agencies with the development and implementation of alternative programs; and for the certification, professional conduct, discipline and training of court Arizona Supreme Court AZ California the Courts CA http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/p rograms/adr/ The Administrative office of the courts does not directly administer any ADR programs- these programs are administered by the individual courts. However, the AOC s governing body, the Judicial Council, sets statewide rules of court and forms for court ADR programs and also periodically evaluates court ADR programs California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District Colorado California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District CA www.courtinfo.ca.org Colorado Judicial Branch Office of Dispute Resolution CO www.courts.state.co.us/chs/c ourt/mediation/odrindex.htm All civil cases, including family and probate, in which parties are represented by counsel. Statewide. Program Design, Implementation, Administration, and Evaluation, including direct provision of ADR services to parties, primarily (but not exclusively) within the state court system. Services provided for cases not filed in court, in addition to services for filed cases. Case types include domestic relations, civil, juvenile, dependency and neglect (child welfare), and criminal cases. State appellate court program Connecticut Court Annexed Mediation Program CT http://www.jud.ct.gov/externał super/altdisp.htm Page 1
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Superior Court of Delaware Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division Superior Court of Delaware DC DE http://www.dccourts.gov/dcco urts/superior/multi/index.jsp http://courts.state.de.us/supe rior Locally administered court program All civil actions in which trial is available, monetary damages are sought, any nonmonetary claims are nominal, and counsel for claimant has not certified that damages exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) exclusive of costs and interest, are subject to compulsory alternative. There are exceptions which are listed in Civil Rule 16.1 (d), but even for these exceptions, the parties may stipulate to a Florida Georgia Florida Dispute Resolution Center Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution GA www.godr.org FL http://www.flcourts.org/gen_p ublic/adr/index.shtml Provde technical assistance to courts wishing to establish mediation and/or arbitraiton programs; conduct Supreme Court Certified Training and Continuing Mediator (and legal) education programs (county mediation and court-ordered arbitration); Certify mediators; Certify and monitor mediation and arbitration training programs; The Georgia Commission on is the policy-making body appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to oversee the development of court-connected ADR programs in Georgia. The Commission, composed of judges, lawyers and non-lawyer members, meets on a regular basis to consider issues important to the development of court-connected ADR in Georgia. Hawaii Center for Alternative Dispute Resolutuion HI http://www.courts.state.hi.us/ index.jsp Iowa Supreme Court of Iowa IA Illinois the Illinois Courts IL http://www.state.il.us/court/a dministrative/default.htm The Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois General Assembly created courtannexed mandatory arbitration to reduce the backlog of civil cases and to provide litigants with a forum other than the trial courts in which their complaint could be more expeditiously resolved by an impartial factfinder. Indiana Supreme Court Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education IN http://www.in.gov/judiciary/se lfservice/mediators.html Page 2
Kansas Supreme Court Office of Judicial Administration KS http://www.kscourts.org/adr/ We provide assistance to courts and state government in establishing, modifying and evaluating programs. We also approve mediators and mediator training. Kentucky Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts KY http://www.kycourts.net/aoc /ADR/AOC_ADR.htm Louisiana Massachusetts Supreme Court of Louisiana LA Court-Connected Dispute http://www.lasc.org Resolution Services, the Probate & Family Court MA www.state.ma.us/courts/ Program based in a bar association Maryland Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office MD www.courts.state.md.us/macr o Title 17, not applicable to child access disputes Maine the Courts, Office of Court ADR ME www.courts.state.me.us Mandatory for custody, small claims; voluntary for land use, environmental, general civil litigation Michigan Office of Dispute Resolution MI http://courts.michigan.gov/sc aødispute/odr.htm Oversees grant funding to a network of community mediation centers, coordinates specialized training, conducts pilot projects in new applications of mediation, and conducts evaluation. Assists trial court in implementing ADR programs Minnesota Supreme Court ADR Review Board MN www.courts.state.mn.us/adr family and civil facilitative hybrid; non-binding, may not be required in guardianship, convervatorship, or civil commitment matters, ch 260 juvenile court proceedings, or matters under 144.651,144.652,518B.01,626.557 Page 3
Missouri Office of the State Courts Administrator MO Mississippi the Courts MS Title 11-civil cases Montana Supreme Court MT http://www.lawlibrary.state.mt.us/dscgi/ds.py/view/collectio n-79 North Carolina Commission NC www.ncdrc.org North Dakota Nebraska Supreme Court, State Court Administrator s Office Supreme Court of North Dakota Office of Dispute Resolution ND NE http://www.court.state.nd.us/ Court/ADR/ http://www.supremecourt.ne.g ov/mediation/ The NE ODR was established by statute in 1991 to administer the Act, NRS 25-2901, et seq., and to serve as staff to the ODR Advisory Council. The office annually evaluates and provides grants to ODR-approved non profit mediation centers that serve citizens throughout Nebraska s 93 counties. The office also coordinates with other ADR resources in the state, including the Douglas County (Omaha) District Court Conciliation and Mediation Office which provides parenting New Jersey the Courts, Complementary Dispute Resolution Programs NJ www.judiciary.state.nj.us New Mexico Court of Appeals Appellate Mediation Office NM http://www.nmcourts.com/ft P/stuffer.pdf State appellate court program Page 4
Nevada Nevada Supreme Court NV New York Office of ADR and Court Improvement NY http://www.courts.state.ny.us /adr/index.html Ohio Programs Section, Judicial and Court Services Division OH www.sconet.state.oh.us/disput e_resolution 165 programs in 88 counties including civil, victim offender, parenting issues, child protection, truancy, adult guardianship, housing and prefiling criminal cases Oklahoma the Courts OK www.oscn.net Provide convenient access to conflict resolution proceedings that are fair, effective, inexpensive and expeditious for every citizen of this state Oregon Oregon Office of Court Administration OR Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania PA www.courts.state.pa.us Responsible for screening of all appellate and original jurisdiction cases on filing for referral to court mediators parallel to litigation track State appellate court program Rhode Island Supreme Court Appellate Mediation Program RI http://www.courts.ri.gov/supr eme/mediation.htm Mediations conducted by retired justices for certain eligible and appropriate civil appeals. South Carolina South Carolina Supreme Court Commission on ADR (South Carolina Bar) SC www.scbar.org/adr Rules applicable to Florence, Horry, Lexington and Richland Counties as written; to Greenville and Anderson Counties as modified by standing orders Program based in a bar association Page 5
South Dakota Unified Judicial System SD Tennessee the Courts TN http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/ge ninføprograms/adr/adrdir.asp Texas Center for Public Policy TX http://www.utexas.edu/law/ac ademics/centers/cppdr/index. html Program based in a university Utah ADR Program, Administration Offices of the Court UT see complete rule for exceptions Virginia Services Supreme Court of Virginia VA www.courts.state.va.us Responsible for the development and integration of ADR programs and services for all the state courts Vermont Vermont Family Court Program VT www.vermontjudiciary.org Washington Supreme Court of Washington WA http://www.courts.wa.gov/ Wisconsin WI See full text of WI Stat. Ann. Ch. 802.12 Page 6
West Virginia WV Wyoming WY http://courts.state.wy.us/ Page 7