N.J. Admin. Code § 1:1-20.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 1:1-20.1 - Scheduling of alternative dispute resolution

(a) The Director may assign an administrative law judge or other personnel to conduct mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution with regard to any matter filed with the Office of Administrative Law.

(b) Mediation may be scheduled, at the discretion of the Director, when requested by the transmitting agency, or by all parties to a hearing or when requested by an agency with regard to a matter which has not been transmitted as a contested case. Mediation may be scheduled in any matter where the transmitting agency has a mediation program available to the parties to the case only upon request of the agency head for good cause and with the consent of the Director.

(c) When a request for mediation is granted, the Office of Administrative Law shall supply the parties with a list containing not less than six administrative law judges as suggested mediators. Each party may strike two judges from the list and the Office of Administrative Law will not assign any judge who has been stricken from the list to conduct the mediation. The Office of Administrative Law shall notify the parties of the assigned mediator.

N.J. Admin. Code § 1:1-20.1

Amended by47 N.J.R. 1309(a), Effective 6/15/2015