Alternative Dispute Resolution
Aug. 21, 2010
Raise the Limited Jurisdiction Threshold and Require Mediation
Given the depth of financial constraints, the judicial system is likely to collapse under its own weight. Mandatory mediation could provide a beam of support.
Michael H. Leb
Neutral, Leb Dispute Resolutions
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 284-8224
Fax: (310) 284-8229
Email: michael@lebdr.com
U Michigan Law School
THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.
For a sobering assessment of the future of California's court system, take a look at the recently published "Los Angeles Superior Court 2010 Annual Report." In that report, Presiding Judge Charles W. "Tim" McCoy Jr. writes that funding reductions already allocated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court will result "inexorably" in the closure of 180 courtrooms and the "effective closure of about 9 courthouses over the next two-and-a-half years." Judge McCoy predicts, as a result ...
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