Rule 17-405 - Qualifications of Court-Designated Mediators(a)Initial Approval. To be approved as a mediator by the Chief Judge, an individual shall: (1) be (A) an incumbent judge of the Appellate Court ; (B) a senior judge of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, a circuit court, or the District Court; (C) a staff attorney from the Appellate Court designated by the Chief Judge; or (D) a retired circuit court magistrate;Cross reference: See Rule 1-202 for the definition of "senior judge."
(2) have (A) completed at least 40 hours of basic mediation training in a program meeting the requirements of Rule 17-104, or (B) conducted at least two Maryland appellate mediations prior to January 1, 2014 and completed advanced appellate mediation training approved by the ADR Division;(3) unless waived by the ADR Division, have observed at least two Appellate Court mediation sessions and have participated in a debriefing with a staff mediator from the ADR Division after the mediations; and(4) be familiar with the Rules in Titles 8 and 17 of the Maryland Rules;(b)Continued Approval. To retain approval as a mediator by the Chief Judge, an individual shall: (1) abide by mediation standards adopted by Administrative Order of the Supreme Court and posted on the Judiciary website; (2) comply with mediation procedures and requirements established by the Appellate Court ;(3) submit to periodic monitoring by the ADR Division of mediations conducted by the individual; and(4) unless waived by the Chief Judge, complete in each calendar year four hours of continuing mediation-related education in one or more topics set forth in Rule 17-104 or any other advanced mediation training approved by the ADR Division. This Rule is derived from former Rule 17-403(a) (2015).
Adopted Dec. 7, 2015, eff. 1/1/2016. Amended June 20, 2017, eff. 8/1/2017; Nov. 19, 2019, eff. 1/1/2020; amended February 9, 2022, eff. 4/1/2022; amended April 21, 2023, eff. 4/1/2023.HISTORICAL NOTES
2015 Orders
The December 7, 2015, order, adopted the new Rule.
2017 Orders
The June 20, 2017 order, substituted the word "senior for the word "retired.