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History of Community Mediation - a Brief Overview
Nationally, many of first community mediation programs were established in response to the social unrest of the late 1960s, while others were developed in response to the inability of the courts to deal effectively with "minor" criminal cases which involved neighbors, relatives, and acquaintances. Currently there are approximately 450 to 500 community mediation programs, well over half of which are members of NAFCM.
The first community mediation center in North Carolina was established in Orange County in 1978; currently there are 25 centers with 45 office locations and 2000+ trained volunteer mediators serving 80 of NC's 100 counties. These centers are linked by the Mediation Network of North Carolina, which provides planning, fundraising, training, and technical assistance to member centers and to individuals or groups interested in establishing new centers. Mediation Network and its member centers have become nationally recognized as leaders in the field of community mediation.
North Carolina has also been a leader in the development of court-referred mediation programs, largely due to the effort of the state's first community centers in providing training and promoting the values of mediation among attorneys and court officials. A wide variety of mediation programs now work with District, Superior, and Juvenile Courts around the state. Examples include:
Mediated Settlement Conferences and Other Settlement Procedures in Superior Court Civil Actions
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