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General Order No. 11-10 1 parties shall file a Stipulation Regarding Selection of Mediator, in the form attached 2 hereto as "Exhibit E." If the parties have not filed a Stipulation Regarding Selection 3 of Mediator within twenty-one (21) days from the Order/Referral to ADR, the ADR 4 Program Director will assign a mediator. 5 (b) By Assignment. If the parties are unable to stipulate to a 6 mediator, they may ask that the ADR Program Director assign a mediator from the 7 Panel list. Such request for assignment shall be made by filing a Stipulation 8 Regarding Selection of Mediator, in the form attached hereto as "Exhibit E." 9 7.2 Notice of Assignment of Mediator. A "Notice of Assignment of 10 Mediator" in the form attached hereto as "Exhibit F" shall be filed by the ADR 11 Program in every case in which a mediator from the Mediation Panel is selected by 12 the parties or assigned by the ADR Program Director. The ADR Program will 13 provide the panel member with a copy of the Notice of Assignment, a copy of the 14 current docket sheet and copies of any documents from the case file identified by 15 the panel member as being necessary for his or her preparation for the mediation. 16 17 8. ]PROCEDURES FOR SCHEDULING AND CONDUCTING THE 18 MEDIATION 19 8.1. Mediator's Initial Communication with Counsel. Within thirty (30) 20 days of the Notice of Assignment of Mediator, the panel member must communicate 21 with counsel to schedule the mediation session. The communication may take the 22 form of a brief joint telephone conference with counsel, as described below, or in 23 writing, at the mediator's discretion. A joint telephone conference with counsel 24 would likely include a discussion of the following matters: 25 (a) fixing a mutually convenient date, time and place for the 26 mediation; 27 (b) the procedures to be followed during the mediation; 28 (c) who shall attend the session on behalf of each party; 12