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Provides voluntary confidential mediation to individuals, organizations, and communities.
Provides voluntary confidential mediation to individuals, organizations and communities. Serves as an alternative or compliment to the judicial system, provides professional training in mediation and conflict resolution, and promotes the vital importance of peacefully resolving disputes.
Provides assistance with the following issues:
- Neighborhood problems (noise, pets, parking, lawn & garden, property line problems and other nuisances)
- Landlord-tenant issues (deposits, repairs, damages, etc.)
- Real estate or personal property
- Foreclosure mediation
- Business consumer problems (faulty merchandise, refunds, exchanges, etc.)
- Employer/employee grievances
- School problems involving faculty or administration, students or parents
- Family issues such as problems related to divorce and parenting plans
- Other domestic problems not involving violence or other factors that require professional intervention or assistance
Does not assist with the following issues:
- Any problem requiring legal assistance, such as filing lawsuits, criminal defenses, will preparation, etc.
- Issues involving drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse to children, or issues where one or more parties fears abuse
- Problems where a party cannot speak adequately on their own behalf, although can work with clients who have a case manager
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mediation
General Consumer Complaints
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Rental Security Deposit Complaints
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Consumer Law
Offers low-cost mediation in person, over the phone, and at small claims court. Mediates neighborhood problems, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, family problems/employees problems.
Services are provided by trained professional mediators who volunteer their time.
Services include:
- Face to Face Mediation
- Coaching for problems
- Some simple negotiation over the telephone
TYPES OF PROBLEMS THE CENTER WILL HANDLE:
- Divorce mediation
- Parenting Plan mediation
- Neighborhood problems (noise, pets, parking, lawn & garden, property line problems and other nuisances)
- Landlord-tenant issues (deposits, repairs, damages, etc.)
- Real estate or personal property
- Business consumer problems (faulty merchandise, refunds, exchanges, etc.)
- Employer/employee grievances
- School problems involving faculty or administration, students or parents
- Family issues such as problems related to divorce and parenting plans
- Other domestic problems not involving violence or other factors that require professional intervention or assistance
TYPES OF PROBLEMS NOT HANDLED: Any problem requiring legal assistance, such as filing lawsuits (criminal defenses, will preparation, etc.); issues involving drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse to children, or issues where one or more parties fears abuse; or problems where a party cannot speak adequately on their own behalf, although can work with clients who have a case manager.
Other Services Provided:
- Offers workshop of varying lengths to organizations, businesses, and groups on a range of topics including: conflict resolution, negotiation, communication, conflict styles, and dealing with difficult people.
- Victim Offender Meeting Program: Brings together victims of juvenile crime with the offenders to talk about the impact of the crime and for the youth to make amends.
- Assists senior citizens to resolve disputes with family members, businesses, landlords, neighbors and others through mediation.
- Parent Youth Mediation Service: Allows parents and teenagers or pre-teens to sit down together to talk about how things are going within the family and develop agreements on behaviors, level of independence, respectful communication and consequences. Co-mediators assist the mediating parties.
Categories
Housing Complaints
Elder Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Conflict Resolution Training
Consumer Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Rental Security Deposit Complaints
Victim/Offender Mediation Programs
Mediation
Offers low-cost mediation in person, over the phone and at small claims court. Mediates neighborhood problems, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, family problems or employer/employee problems. Cannot assist in issues involving drugs or violence.
Services are provided by trained professional mediators who volunteer their time. Services include:
- Face-to-face mediation
- Conflict coaching for problems
- Some simple negotiation over the telephone
TYPES OF PROBLEMS THE CENTER WILL HANDLE:
- Neighborhood problems (noise, pets, parking, lawn & garden, property line problems and other nuisances)
- Landlord-tenant issues (deposits, repairs, damages, eviction prevention due to COVID, etc. )
- Real estate or personal property
- Foreclosure mediation
- Business consumer problems (faulty merchandise, refunds, exchanges, etc. )
- Employer/employee grievances
- School problems involving faculty or administration, students or parents
- Family issues such as problems related to divorce and parenting plans
- Other domestic problems not involving violence, restraining orders, or other factors that require professional intervention or assistance.
TYPES OF PROBLEMS NOT HANDLED:
- Any problem requiring legal assistance, such as filing lawsuits, criminal defenses, will preparation, etc.
- Issues involving drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse to children, or issues where one or more parties fears abuse
- Problems where a party cannot speak adequately on their own behalf, although can work with clients who have a case manager.
All clients must be able to keep agreements made
Categories
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Mediation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Consumer Law
Labor and Employment Law
Divorce Assistance
Housing Complaints
Rental Security Deposit Complaints
Provides free 45-minute appointments for advice on civil legal issues. Attorneys at the clinic do not typically provide representation. Serves low-income residents of East, Northeast and Southeast King County (does not serve Seattle residents.)
Provides free 45-minute to 1-hour appointments with an attorney for advice on civil legal issues such as: Federal and state benefits (social security, veteran's, Medicare and Medicaid), employment, contracts, debt/consumer/finance, landlord/tenant. Appointments are required. Clinics are currently telephonic.
Attorneys at the clinic are not able to provide representation.
Categories
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Welfare Rights Assistance
Automobile Complaints
Predatory Lending Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Native American/Tribal Law
Intellectual Property Law Training/General Information
Adult Guardianship Assistance
Labor Arbitration/Mediation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Elder Law
Voting Rights Protection
Landlord Associations
Housing Complaints
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Impounded Vehicle Services
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Special Education Advocacy
Will Preparation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Contract Law
Labor and Employment Law
Organizational Start Up Services
Corporate/Business Law
Driver License Retention/Reinstatement Assistance
Children's Rights Groups
General Education Advocacy
Conservatorship Assistance
Repossession Agency Complaints
Warranty Complaints
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Post Conviction Restoration of Civil Rights
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Taxpayer Advocate Services
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Identity Theft Reporting/Recovery Programs
Elder/Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders
Legal Counseling
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Child Guardianship Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Estate Entitlement Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
General Consumer Complaints
HIPAA Complaints
Legal Representation
Collection Complaints
Education Discrimination Assistance
Consumer Law
Meet with parents to reach and agreement prior to family court trial. Meet with employees/employers to mediate disputes in the workplace.
Provides mediation services for developing parenting plans, work place issues, custody, support and property division.