Program areas at Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services
Mediation and settlement programscommunity service - the community service component helps people settle conflicts, which may result in court action or escalate into desperate acts of frustration and violence. Community Services are initiated at the request of any party of the dispute.youth and family service - this program serves schools and school districts throughout Los Angeles County. It is designed to reduce and prevent acts of frustration and violence among youth through four activities: (1) student peer Mediation; (2) conflict Resolution; (3) parent and educator seminars; and (4) family Mediation services.a portion of the revenue for the Mediation programs consists of grants from Los Angeles County and the cities of santa monica and west hollywood. The remaining revenue consists of fees for Services, grants from private foundations, fundraising activities and in-kind donations of time, space, facilities and materials.
Training and consultant servicesthis program provides training and consultation Services in mediations, arbitration and conflict Resolution techniques to individuals, government and social service agencies, corporations, and other groups. It teaches others to enhance personal and professional skills through public training workshops, conferences and technical assistance.
Attorney-client Mediation and arbitration servicesthis program helps to resolve fee and non-fee disputes between client and their attorneys without resorting to the court system or formal disciplinary state Bar procedures. Primary Services are fee arbitration and Mediation. The program also provides Services in attorney-attorney fee disputes.
Drs associatesthe Center disseminates information about alternative Dispute Resolution (adr) to lacba members, other substantive sections of the lacba, the courts and the general public. It develops and implements education programs and seminars on adr and promotes acceptance of neutrals (mediators, arbitrators and settlement officers, neutral evaluators, fact finders, private judges and discovery referees).
Court servicethis program serves litigants in unlawful detainer (eviction) proceedings on the day of hearing in the long beach courthouse. Litigants are offered the assistance of a mediator in negotiating a settlement to their case prior to going before the judge. Services are voluntary and initiated with at the request of and with the consent of both parties to an unlawful detainer case.