Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Office’s Advisory Committee to Study Case Evaluation and Mediation
Attorney Bonnie Sawusch is now a representative on the State Court Administrative Office’s (SCAO) Case Evaluation and Mediation Study Advisory Committee. Over the next year, the SCAO will be conducting a study of trial court civil case evaluation and mediation practices at the request of the Michigan Supreme Court which, in its deliberation of proposed amendments to MCR 2.403 (Case Evaluation), 2.404 (Selection of Case Evaluation Panels), 2.410 (Alternative Dispute Resolution), 2.411 (Mediation), and 3.216 (Domestic Relations Mediation) as published under ADM File Nos. 2005-05 and 2006-20, asked to receive a report on the efficacy of case evaluation. Because mediation and case evaluation frequently occur within a single case, SCAO has added mediation to the scope of the study.