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ADR in The Northern District of California
The court sponsors four major ADR processes:
The court also makes available other dispute resolution processes and encourages parties to consider retaining the services of private sector ADR providers.
The ADR program in the Northern District of California is governed by the court's ADR Local Rules. The court encourages consideration of the use of ADR in any civil case at any time. Our ADR processes are available in each civil case regardless of whether the case was assigned to a particular ADR program at filing. The Court’s professional ADR staff are available to help parties determine which ADR program is most suitable to a particular case or to customize an ADR process to meet parties needs.(see ADR Local rule 2-1 and 2-2).
