Types of ADR

FACILITATION

A trained Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may conduct workshops and use process techniques and skills to ensure that all viewpoints are heard and progress is made.

MEDIATION

With parties' consent, a case is referred to a trained ALJ mediator who holds joint and/or separate confidential meetings with parties to identify underlying interests and use settlement approaches to help parties resolve a dispute.

EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION (ENE)

With their consent, parties present abbreviated versions of their case to one or more trained ALJ neutrals who provide early, nonbinding opinions on the merits of the controversy.

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES

ALJ holds intensive conferences with parties to help them negotiate by narrowing issues and exploring settlement options.

COMBINATION ADR (most commonly used)

A trained ALJ neutral uses facilitation, mediation, and/or early neutral evaluation techniques to help parties resolve their dispute(s).