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mediation program in the Court of Appeals on April 16, 2002. The pilot ACM Project ran for
almost three months from September 16 to November 22, 2002, with a success rate of 67 percent.
Thirty-one appellate court mediators from the ranks of retired justices and judges, senior members
of the Bar, and senior professors of law participated in the orientation workshop conducted by
experts from the Philippines and Singapore.
The Supreme Court approved the institutionalization of Appellate Court Mediation (ACM) on
March 23, 2004 following the successful pilot-test. It also approved the Revised Guidelines for the
Implementation of Mediation in the Court of Appeals to provide the legal framework.
From 2004 to 2006, PHILJA went on to recruit and train a core of mediation faculty from ADR
practitioners and the academe; revised the training curriculum and materials to make them more
relevant to the Philippine setting; developed case study materials from actual cases; trained a new
batch of 51 mediators for the Court of Appeals; capped their training with an internship program
that required each mediator to handle at least two ongoing cases; formally launched the CA
Mediation Center at the ground floor of the CA Annex Building; and finally developed a
Mediation Training Manual for the Court of Appeals. The Project Director who supervised this
project was Professor Alfredo F. Tadiar.
Q What organizations are helping implement the ACM Program?
There are six institutions working together to implement the mediation process in the Court of
Appeals.
The Court of Appeals (CA)
Selects and refers cases and other documents or information for mediation.
Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA)
Oversees the training program of appellate court mediators and assigns a PMC (CA) coordinator
to oversee the operations of a PMC (CA) office, among other responsibilities.
Philippine Mediation Center-CA
Helps facilitate successful mediation by providing administrative and operational support services.
Q Are all cases elevated to the Court of Appeals eligible for Appellate Court Mediation?
No. Only the following cases elevated to the Court of Appeals are eligible for Appellate Court
Mediation:
impartiality.
9. Ensures strict confidentiality of all communications made by
the parties during the mediation proceedings.
Q What is the process in Appellate Court Mediation?
The entire mediation process in the appellate level consists of five phases: (1)
selection of case, (2) resolution to appear, (3) agreement to mediate, (4)
mediation proceedings, and (5) disposition of case.
Phase 1: Selection of Cases
The mediation process ideally takes thirty (30) days from the date
of the initial mediation conference. The mediation proceedings