Local Rule No. 2 - Judicial Administration

2.01    Chief Judge

      (a) Term

      (b) Acting Chief Judge

      (c) Vacancy

      (d) General Administrative Authority

2.02    Presiding Judge

2.03    Judicial Meetings

      (a) Circuit Judges

      (b) Associate Judges

      (c) Special Meetings

      (d) Combined Meetings

2.04    Appointments

2.05    Jurors

      (a) General Jury List

      (b) Active Jury List

      (c) Examination of Electors

      (d) Drawing of Venire and Summonses

      (e) Manner of Serving Summonses

      (f) Media

 

      (g) Grand Jurors

          

      (h) Petit Jurors

                                 

       (i) Excuse

                    

2.06    County Law Library

      (a) Administration

      (b) Advisory Committee

      (c) County Law Library Hours

      (d) Access to Materials

2.07     Mandatory Arbitration

      (a) Supervising Judge for Arbitration

      (b) Arbitration Administrator

      (c) Arbitration Center

      (d) Mandatory Arbitration of Certain Cases

    RULE 1    Actions Subject to Mandatory Arbitration (S.Ct. Rule 86)

    RULE 2  Appointment, Qualification and Compensation of Arbitrators (S.Ct. Rule 87)

    RULE 3    Scheduling of Hearings (S. Ct. Rule 88) (S.Ct. Rule 86)

    RULE 4    Discovery (S. Ct. Rule 89)

    RULE 5    Conduct of Hearings (S. Ct. Rule 90)

    RULE 6    Default of a Party (S. Ct. Rule 91)

    RULE 7    Award and Judgment on Award (S. Ct. Rule 92)

    RULE 8    Rejection of Award (S. Ct. Rule 93)

    RULE 9    Form of Oath, Award and Notice of Entry of Award (S. Ct. Rule 94)

    RULE 10    Form of Notice of Rejection of Award (S. Ct. Rule 95)

2.08    Court-Annexed Mediation

      (I) Actions Eligible for Court-Annexed Mediation

      (II) Scheduling of Mediation

      (III) Mediation Rules and Procedures

      (IV) Mediator Qualifications

2.09  Court-Annexed Small Claims Mediation

     I.          INTRODUCTION

     II.        ACTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR SMALL CLAIMS MEDIATION

     III.       SCHEDULING OF MEDIATION

     IV.       MEDIATION RULES AND PROCEDURES

            A.            Appointment of the Mediator

            B.        Compensation of the Mediator

            C.        Disqualification of a Mediator

            D.        Counsel 

            E.         Communication with Parties

            F.         Completion of Mediation 

            G.        Absence of Parties and Subsequent Termination of Mediation

            H.        No Agreement

            I.          Agreement

            J.         Imposition of Sanctions 

           K.        Confidentiality of Communications 

            L.         Reports to Supreme Court

            M.       Peer Review Process

             V.        MEDIATOR QUALIFICATIONS

                      A.        General Requirements

                      B.        Previous Certification

                      C.        Continuing Responsibilities as a Certified Mediator       

                      D.        Decertification of Mediators