The Peer Mediation program provides an opportunity to add a human dimension to young peoples' education about the dispute resolution processes. This human dimension - the interaction among lawyers, students, and teachers - is something that even the best textbook cannot offer. The interaction between students and persons working in the dispute resolution systems can create vivid links between the issues studied in class and the outside world. The emphasis is on proving students with "hands on" experiences in which they can learn through participation and interaction.

• Peer Mediators serve their school by helping other students resolve conflicts
• Mediate with other students' disputes
• Well trained by professionals
• Peer Mediators work in pairs and are scheduled for duty by the Coordinator
• Disputants may be referred to Peer Mediation by teachers, guidance staff, the principal and vice principals, as well as students themselves
• The process is voluntary; no one is forced to see Peer Mediators to resolve a dispute
• Peer Mediators may either be called in to handle the problem immediately, or the students may be referred to Peer Mediators during their Mediation Center Hours
• Peer Mediators are facilitators -- not administrators, judges or disciplinarians. They help students express their conflicts and find their own solutions