Sample California Forms:
Below are a link to the Web version of four survey forms used in
evaluating several mediation pilot programs -- post mediation surveys for attorneys and parties and post-disposition surveys for attorneys and parties
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/trial/emppsurvey.htm -- and some court-ADR resource lists prepared in 2001 for a conference of judges and Court ADR administrators.
California Center for Judicial Education and Research, Bench Handbook: Judges Guide to ADR (2002) State Bar of California, Office of Research, Guide to Court-Related ADR: Programs to Facilitate Settlement, (1993) California Administrative Office of the Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil Cases: Report of the Task Force on the Quality of Justice, Subcommittee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Judicial System (1999) [available on the courts website at www.courtinfo.ca.gov] Bakke, Green and Solomon, Integrating ADR Into Trial Court Civil Caseflow Management Systems: An Implementation Guide, The Justice Mangement Institute, under a grant from the State Justice Institute (1996) California Center for Judicial Education and Research, California Judges Benchbook: Civil Proceedings Before Trial (1995, and 2002 Supplement), Chapters 3 and 4 Center for Dispute Settlement and Institute of Judicial Administration, National Standards for Court-Connected Mediation Programs, under a grant from the State Justice Institute (1992) Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Qualifying Dispute Resolution Practitioners: Guidelines for Court-Connected Programs (1999) Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Public Encouragement of Private Dispute Resolution: Implications, Issues and Recommendations (1992) Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Mandated Participation and Settlement Coercion: Dispute Resolution as it Relates to the Courts (1991) Edward Bergman and John Bickerman, Court Annexed Mediation: Critical Perspective on Selected State and Federal Programs, 1998 Brazil, Continuing the Conversation About the Current Status and Future of ADR: A View from the Courts, 2000 Journal of Dispute Resolution 11 (2000) Symposium on the Structure of Court-Connected Mediation Programs 14 Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution 715 (1999) Folberg, Rosenberg, and Barrett, Use of ADR in California Courts: Findings and Proposals, 26 USF Law Rev 343 (1992) Justice in the Balance 2020: Report of the Commission on the Future of the California Courts (1993), Chapter 2 – Multidimensional Justice Keilitz, National Symposium on Court-Connected Dispute Resolution Research: A Report on Current Research Findings Implications for Court and Future Research Needs, National Center for State Courts, SJI (1994) – Contains summaries of evaluation research reports on court-connected dispute resolution programs.GENERAL RESOURCE LIST—COURT-CONNECTED ADR FOR CIVIL CASES
Guides, Reports, Articles and Other Readings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court/Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution, Report to the Legislature on the Impact of Alternative Dispute Resolution on the Massachusetts Trial Court (February 1998) – Contains summaries of evaluation research reports on court-connected dispute resolution programs.
