Central Program

(405) 366-0640

CENTRAL PROGRAM ADDRESS:
Cleveland County Courthouse
201 South Jones Avenue
2nd Floor West
Norman, OK 73069

PROGRAM SPONSOR:

SOCIAL MEDIA

Our mission is to provide FREE, expeditious, and effective dispute resolution services to central Oklahoma in Cleveland and McClain counties. Utilizing trained and certified volunteers, we strive to help people participate in settling their own conflicts to create a more peaceful community.

Central Program News and Updates!

**2024 Volunteer of the Year! Jequita H. Napoli** is an Active Ret. Special Judge in Cleveland County. Since retirement she been engaged in volunteer activities including regular volunteer mediation beginning in August 2022 with the Early Settlement-Central Program. In addition, she is Chair of the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation Board and Thunderbird Clubhouse in Norman, and board member of the Women’s Resource Center, also in Norman. She has served as a Board Member and Chair of both the Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners and the National Conference of Bar Examiners and spent six years each with the ABA Section of Legal Education Council and its Accreditation Committee. She continues to serve as a regular committee member for the NCBE and as a law school site evaluator for the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Jequita has been a volunteer for **8 years** and has mediated **54 cases**. She has volunteered over **153 hours** to the Early Settlement – Central program.

Director **Tylnn Childress** was happy to attend OU Law’s Government and Public Interest Fair and to speak with future attorneys about mediation. If you are a law student interested in the extern program, please reach out **(405) 366-0640**.

**Mediation Training!** The Early Settlement – Central Program recently held a civil mediation training at the City of Norman Municipal Court Complex. If you know of someone who might be interested in becoming a volunteer mediator, please have them reach out to the Central program office **(405) 366-0640**

Serving Central Oklahoma

Cleveland & McClain Counties

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The Early Settlement – Central Program offers externship opportunities for law students in Oklahoma. An externship with Early Settlement Mediation allows the student to:
* Train and become certified by the Early Settlement Mediation Program.
* Participate in courtroom observations.
*Become familiar with local attorneys and judges.
* Gain invaluable professional skills!