Proposed Standards of Professional Conduct for Certified & Court-Appointed Mediators

In 1989 we appointed the Florida Supreme Court Standing Committee on Mediation and Arbitration Rules and directed the committee to propose procedural rules and to recommend standards of professional conduct. We adopted procedural rules for mediation and arbitration in In re Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 563 So.2d 85 (Fla.1990). The committee submitted its report on standards of conduct and disciplinary rules for mediators in November 1991, and we requested written comments from interested persons. The Court has received several comments and suggested changes. After…