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An alternative to the traditional investigative or litigation process. Mediation is an informal process in which a neutral third party assists the opposing parties to reach a voluntary, negotiated resolution of a charge of discrimination.

Offers various modes of counseling for individuals, couples families, youth, etc on various life situations.

Provides mediation and arbitration services for community, parent/child, divorce, custody and visitation, and juvenile issues. A neutral third person, the mediator, facilitates discussions between the parties. The mediator helps participants develop or refine their communication skills, and teaches school children techniques for resolving disagreements. Mediators are trained conflict resolution volunteers.

Provides peer mediation to help train and equip youth to approach conflict resolution peacefully through skills such as active listening. Offers mediation services for youth that may include but is not limited to student/teacher conflicts, conflicts between students or with their parents, special education issues, and issues that may involve absenteeism or attendance with school.

Offers a variety of legal clinics, outlined below. Access to Justice Hybrid Clinic: Students staff either the Help Desk in Erie County Family Court or the Pro Se Assistance Program in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Buffalo and Rochester). Animal Law Clinic: The Animal Law Clinic focuses on national, state, and local policy addressing animal welfare issues, such as puppy mills, feral and community cats, and former racehorses. Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic: A litigation clinic focused on civil rights and civil liberties, spanning constitutional liberties like free speech, privacy, due process, and statutory civil rights against discrimination. COVID Response Legal Clinic: Student attorneys serve unmet access-to-justice needs of the community, helping individual and families who are facing unexpected legal matters due to the coronavirus. e-Law Center Clinic: Works with diverse companies who are confronting a variety of business challenges specific to startups and early stage high-growth ventures. Environmental Advocacy Clinic: Focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have a direct impact on Western New York, as well as national and international implications. Family Violence and Women's Rights Law: Focuses on attaining justice and safety for victims of intimate partner violence. Mediation Clinic: Working on cases referred by local courts or other mediation agencies, students help resolve disputes in family law, small claims, and the community. Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic: Provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service through an ongoing collaborative effort to empower a resilient Puerto Rico.

Provides neutral alternative dispute resolution programs to help people solve conflicts, no matter the situation or setting. The Center does not provide direct legal representation or advocacy services but can provide referrals to the agencies providing these services. Mediation can: - Help parties with civil and family legal issues who are looking for an alternative to court - Help couples looking to get divorced and or separated - Help landlords and tenants work out non-emergency issues - Help parents and schools agree on special education matters - Help employees and employers resolve conflict - Help neighbors restore harmony in the community - Help families handle issues with teens, siblings, and aging adults - Help parents work out custody and visitation arrangements Services are offered virtually, over the phone, and in person. In addition to mediation programs, the Center collaborates with local civil legal services providers to offer holistic legal services for victims of crime in Erie, Niagara, and Genesee Counties. Center staff will work with victims to identify legal issues and to discuss pathways to achieving justice. The Center also offers Education and Training workshops that provide skills-based trainings, consultation, and coaching services.

* Provides long term case management to economically challenged families enrolled with transitional housing.* Offers home visits that provide: Needs assessment, goal planning, referral to other services.* Offers conflict resolution. * Provides transportation to services if no other means available.

* Provides dispute settlement programs.* Offers family court mediation, supreme court mediation.* Provides custody and visitation information, divorce mediation and divorce arbitration.* Offers parent-child mediation.* Provides PINS mediation, juvenile delinquency mediation.

Offers alternative dispute resolution services to individuals and groups for resolution of conflict. Services include mediation, conciliation and Lemon Law arbitration.

* Provides confidential mediation and conflict resolution services. Divorce mediation and Arbitration Child custody and visitation Community mediation for quality of life issues, e.g. neighbor disputes, small claims, contractor, homeowner, landlord/tenant Restorative justice Special education mediation Vehicle lemon law Commercial arbitration Training - Conflict resolution, employee disputes, peer mediation for schools

Provides the most comprehensive site for up-to-the-minute information about all forms of dispute prevention and resolution including mediation, arbitration, fact-finding, partnering, dispute review boards, and other related alternative dispute resolution processes.

Offers various modes of counseling for individuals, couples families, youth, etc on various life situations.

Mediation between parents/guardians of children in special education classes and local school districts.

Available in school districts as a means of resolving differences between the school district and parents/guardians of students who are physically, mentally or emotionally challenged. Participation does not limit other alternatives such as an impartial hearing.

Available in school districts as a means of resolving differences between the school district and parents/guardians of students who are physically, mentally or emotionally challenged. Participation does not limit other alternatives such as an impartial hearing.

Offers mediation for older adults and their families, regarding issues which can be relevant to aging, such as life support, inheritance, last will in testament, health care, hospice care, etc.

Provides specialized meditation for disputes that include students with disabilities, parents/guardians of children who are receiving early childhood intervention services, agricultural mediation, and conflict coaching to assist individuals with one-on-one strategizing for conflict resolution.

Provides the community with a forum to resolve everyday dispute via mediation, conflict resolution services, and trainings.

* Provides confidential mediation and conflict resolution services. Divorce mediation and Arbitration Child custody and visitation Community mediation for quality of life issues, e.g. neighbor disputes, small claims, contractor, homeowner, landlord/tenant Restorative justice Special education mediation Vehicle lemon law Commercial arbitration Training - Conflict resolution, employee disputes, peer mediation for schools

Alternative for resolving disputes through mediation, convenient, confidential and generally free of cost. Mediators do not impose solutions, but help disputing parties work through their shared problem and achieve resolution.Mediation can be used for: parent-teen conflict custody and visitation disagreements between neighbors workplace disputes issues between schools and parents involving special education or other sensitive matters small claims agricultural cases conflicts involving older people and their families and/or caregiversLocation is difficult to find. suggest client call the office before going.in on Floor IR, at back of atrium

Provides a variety of support services for Spanish speaking residents. Offers free information about health related issues, blood pressure screening and arranges appointments at the Health Center. Assists them on information and referrals to resources in the community for specific needs, such as food, housing, education, etc. Provides advocacy or mediation to help them understand medical information or hospital/doctor bills, utility payments, their children's education needs, along with speaking to the various agencies, on their behalf.

Provides brief crisis intervention, short-term counseling, mediation, advocacy and/or referral for youth who are runaways or homeless or at risk of becoming runaways due to family conflicts. Referral to emergency shelter or group homes.

Business trainings for businesses, organizations, nonprofits and more.