ISDLS - India

Under the direction of the Supreme Court of India, nine ISDLS experts implemented a mediation pilot project in the Delhi District Courts in 2005-2006 that proved the acceptability of ADR in the Indian legal community and created a functional ADR model for national replication. ISDLS mediation trainers led American-styled 40-hour mediation training programs for 30 judicial officers who were authorized spend one full day per week mediating cases in modern Mediation Centers built inside the Delhi District Courts. The Delhi Mediation Centers are now self-sufficient and permanent, and they have settled 3,793 cases as of December 2006 through an average of 135 minutes of mediation spent on each case. The first anniversary event was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India and attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Statistical information about the Delhi Mediation Project is available here.

The following experts worked in the Delhi Mediation Project (2005-2006):

1. Hon. Jeremy Fogel Judge, U.S. District Court, San Jose, California

2. Hon. Richard Seeborg Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, San Jose, California

3. Robert Rack, Esq. Chief Mediator, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

4. Hon. Leo Papas Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, San Diego, California

5. Stephen Mayo, Esq., Executive Director, ISDLS, San Francisco, California

6. Victor Schachter, Esq. Partner, Fenwick & West, LLP, San Francisco, California

7. Jeffrey Banchero, Esq., Founding Partner, Kastner Banchero LLP, San Francisco, California

8. Gregg Relyea, Esq. Mediator & Mediation Instructor, San Diego, California

9. Lee Jay Berman, ADR Administrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California