Contact the ADR Department at (616) 456-2381 or by email at adr@miwd.uscourts.gov
Voluntary Facilitative Mediation (VFM)
- Program Description
- Mediator List
- Mentorship Completion Form
- 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
- 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)
Pro Se Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation - Early Mediation Program
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 Offices in Grand Rapids.
ADR Statistical Reports