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Committee on ADR in the Courts
The ADR in the Courts
Committee, chaired by the Hon. Jacqueline W. Silbermann and co-chaired
by Stephen A. Hochman, has set an ambitious agenda to improve the
court-annexed mediation programs in both the State and Federal
courts. One focus will be to increase
the number of cases sent to mediation, either by court order or
voluntarily, by various means, including educating members of the bar
and the judiciary as to the advantages of mediation and other ADR
processes and organizing a network of practitioners around the State to
work with their local judges on increasing the utilization of mediation
services. Another focus will be to
improve the methods of administrating the court-annexed programs in
order to deal with the anticipated increased demand for mediators,
including the process by which mediators are selected to accommodate the
needs and preferences of the litigants.
The Committee coordinates
and consults regularly with Dan Weitz, Director of ADR for the New York
State Office of Court Administration and other court representatives
involved in the ADR programs. The
Committee has also met with Hon. Loretta A. Preska, Chief Judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as
well as Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler, the Administrative Judge for Civil
Matters in the First Judicial District of the New York State Supreme
Court, and will continue to coordinate with them to improve their
mediation programs.
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