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State Bar & Bar Associations

Oct. 13, 2010

Applying Mediation to Bullying

A program run by the Los Angeles County Bar Association has taught school teachers, administrators and students in middle school and high school conflict resolution and mediation skills since 1987.

By Brandon Ortiz

Daily Journal Staff Writer

MALIBU - The tormenting from bullies was relentless.

A pair of Carnegie Middle School girls pushed Andie Melton into a locker, called her names and even followed her home.

"It was just out of control," she said.

Melton requested peer mediation with the girls through a program run by the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Since 1987, the program h...

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