Alternative Dispute Resolution

Contact the ADR Department at (616) 456-2381 or by email at adr@miwd.uscourts.gov

Voluntary Facilitative Mediation (VFM)

Program Description
Mediator List
VFM Application Form All mediator applications received between January 1 and December 31 of the current year, which meet the qualifications of the VFM Program Description, will be eligible for consideration for openings, if any, on the following year's VFM panel.
VFM Report

Case Evaluation

Program Description
Case Evaluator List
Case Evaluator Application Form All case evaluator applications received between January 1 and December 31 of the current year, which meet the qualifications of the Case Evaluation Program Description, will be eligible for consideration for openings, if any, on the following year's Case Evaluation panel.
Case Evaluation - Notice of Hearing Form
Case Evaluators' Report (Never to be e-filed in the case. Provide all counsel with copies and mail original case evaluation award to the ADR Administrator)

Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE)

Prisoner Early Mediation (PEM) Program

Administrative Order No. 18-RL-091, filed October 15, 2018, established the Pro Se Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation Early Mediation Program.
Mediator List *Note the mediators on the VFM Mediator List also serve as PEM mediators.
Protocol
Additional Information for Mediators
Video Regarding the Mediation Program (This video is shown to the pro se prisoner plaintiffs.)

Summary Jury Trials

An ADR method the Court may consider under LCivR 16.2.
Summary Jury Trials in the Western District of Michigan, narrated by the late Judge Richard Alan Enslen is an educational program produced by the Federal Judicial Center. Copies of the DVD are available for loan or viewing at the Clerk's Office in Grand Rapids.

ADR Statistical Reports

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