No one wants parties in a mediation to sit at the table with their arms crossed, refusing to talk. But who, if anyone, should tell mediators how to evaluate a party’s good faith participation in mediation? (more…)
Archive for the ‘Program Management’ Category
Reporting on Reporting on Good Faith
Just Court ADR, March 9th, 2011Youth Diversion Programs Receive National Support
Just Court ADR, February 17th, 2011At the American Bar Association’s Mid-Year meeting, the delegates adopted Resolution 107B, which urges governments to support the creation of programs that divert alleged juvenile offenders into alternative dispute resolution systems. These systems, including peer courts, victim-offender mediation, restorative justice conferences, truancy mediation, and community mentoring/service, not only work to keep youth out of jails, but can also prevent (more…)
Court Mediation Prompts Pre-Filing Foreclosure Mediation Program
Just Court ADR, January 4th, 2011Three years after the first foreclosure mediation program launched in Ohio, more jurisdictions are reporting their program statistics. Resolution Systems Institute has long advocated that courts should monitor and evaluate their own programs. Monitoring and evaluations provide a tool for identifying how to improve programs for parties, lawyers, and courts.
Now, evaluation is helping improve mediation services outside the courts. (more…)
Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
Jennifer Shack, November 26th, 2010The setting of goals or benchmarks is an essential component for a quality ADR program. Without those, a program can lack clarity of purpose and have no ability to gauge its impact on those it is serving. When we set those goals, however, it is important to ensure they are the right ones. Via Genuine Evaluation come these two gems from the health field in Australia and the UK: (more…)
