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" DESIGNING ADR/MEDLATION PROGRAM DESIGNING ADR/MEDLATION PROGRAM FOR JUDGES CONTENT By Zafar Iqbal Kalanautri Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, Accredited Mediator and Mediation Master Trainer U.S.A. & CEDR (U.K.)   "An ounce of Mediation is worth a pound of Arbitration and a ton of Litigation!"   Joseph Grynbaum   Overview   Purpose of this Paper and Presentation is to review the reasons why Judicial Academies should consider establishing an academic ADR/Mediation program for judges who will be acting as Referral Judges and doing Judicial Mediation. To develop an understanding of: what ADR/Mediation is; what should be included in a Mediation training program; and what should be excluded from the program. Why such a program may be beneficial to judges and _the institution and litigants; what the roles of the Judges and Mediator and affected parties should be. Discuss about the curriculum and training program on Mediation. The paper suggests the implementation strategy for promotion of ADR/Mediation in Pakistan. It also points out the legislative imitative and judicial policy for promotion of ADR in Pakistan. Since the Referral Judges and Mediators play an important role in Mediation, a need was felt to prepare a uniform Training Manual applicable throughout Pakistan, which can be used by the Trainers, Mediators, Referral Judges, Litigants etc. The presenter describes that having got training in Mediation, Case Management and other ADR Mechanisms from (U.S.A), Mediation Skills Training and Accreditation from U.S.A and CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) U.K., Accreditation as Mediation Master Trainer from CEDR & IFC in collaboration with IFC (International Finance Corporation) and training by CEDR and IFC in developing…