RSYYYYYYYYST U U California X Judicial Council ofof the Courts X Administrative Office X X Resolution X X Recognizing Mediation Week X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
March 16–22, 2008
mediation is a dispute resolution process in which a neutral third person facilitates communication between the parties to a dispute to help them reach a voluntary and mutually acceptable agreement;
Whereas Whereas Whereas
during the past 30 years, California community dispute resolution organizations have used mediation to resolve countless neighborhood disputes before formal legal proceedings were initiated and have been instrumental in the development and operation of mediation programs to resolve legal proceedings filed with the courts;
during the past 25 years, California trial and appellate courts have increasingly encouraged, offered, and provided mediation to assist litigants in resolving a broad array of disputes that are filed with the courts, including civil, family, juvenile, and criminal matters;
increasing participants’ satisfaction with the dispute resolution process and outcome, while reducing court filings, pretrial motions and trials, the time from the filing of an action to disposition, litigants’ costs, court workloads, future disputes between the parties, and recidivism;
Whereas mediation offers many potential benefits to litigants, the courts, and the public, including Whereas Whereas Whereas
the availability and success of court mediation programs are largely attributable to the efforts of judicial officers, court staff, and justice partners, including community dispute resolution organizations, local government agencies, state and local bar associations, mediation organizations, and individual mediators, many of whom contribute significant time and resources toward conducting mediations; widespread public awareness of the nature, availability, and benefits of mediation and court mediation programs is important to ensuring the use of these programs and access to justice; and
the Governor and other California state and local officials and agencies traditionally recognize the third week of March as Mediation Week;
that the Judicial Council of California and the Administrative Office of the Courts recognize the week of March 16 through 22, 2008, as Mediation Week, commend the efforts of the individuals and organizations that make mediation and mediation programs available to the citizens of California, and encourage the courts to recognize those individuals and publicize their mediation programs during Mediation Week.
Now, therefore, be it resolved
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I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of February, 2008
Attest:
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Ronald M. George William C. Vickrey
Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council of California Administrative Director of the Courts
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