Synthesis

and
Post JDR Training
Announcement

July 2015
Course Objectives
learn the concept and philosophy of Judicial Dispute
Resolution (JDR) and have a clear understanding of
the provisions of the Revised JDR Guidelines;

distinguish JDR from other forms of dispute

resolution and know its advantages;

learn and practice the skills required to settle

disputes through mediation, interest-based
conciliation, and neutral evaluation; and

identify and explore the issues that impact on

conflict and settlement (power imbalance, gender
dynamics, ethical, social, cultural, and others).
Congratulations !!!

New Certified JDR Judges

What to expect after the
JDR Training
Unless otherwise directed by the Supreme Court,
all judges who have undergone orientation in
JDR procedures and completed their training
in mediation, conciliation and neutral evaluation,
are authorized to conduct JDR proceedings in
accordance with these guidelines for the settlement
of disputes pending in their courts, after the parties
failed to settle their disputes during Court Annexed
Mediation at the Philippine Mediation Center
Units (PMCU). (Consolidated and Revised Guidelines to
Implement the Expanded Coverage of CAM and JDR)
 Only a CERTIFIED
JDR TRAINED JUDGE
can conduct JDR
in a JDR declared area.
Two categories of a certified
JDR Judges
Wait Go
(newly declared JDR area)
(previously declared JDR area)

attendance at the Judicial

Settlement Conference for
Judges on JDR
Trained judges can
participation in the Inventory immediately conduct JDR in
and Internship Period already declared JDR areas
declared by the Court
 Important Dates:

Nov. 2 - 13 Dec. 1 -11

Inventory
and
Internship
Monitoring
Period
of Cases for
JDR
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Orientation of Public Prosecutors, Public Attorneys,

and Law Practitioners on JDR
(MORNING)

Orientation of Clerks of Court and Branch Clerks of

Court on JDR
(AFTERNOON)
What to do during Inventory Period

Conduct an inventory of cases in your respective

dockets and select 20+ mediatable cases which
have undergone CAM but were not settled and are
still in the pre-trial stage
What to do during Internship Period

Retain the selected cases that were unsuccessfully

mediated and conduct JDR.
If efforts to settle any of the said cases through
JDR process fail during this period, the unsettled
cases shall be re-raffled to another court for trial.

Allow peer-to-peer advise or assistance from JDR

practitioners at the option of the JDR judge
concerned.
What to do during Internship Period

Enjoin the Clerks of Court to see to it that orders or

notices are promptly issued and served to the
parties for them to appear on the dates their cases
are scheduled for JDR

Allow the JDR Staff (PMC Staff ) to periodically

coordinate with all the judges and/or branch clerks
of court for the purpose of monitoring all cases and
to submit a JDR Report to the PMCO
JDR Judges

MARCH ON !!!