Online Mediation and Arbitration

This Article begins with a review of previous efforts to categorize mediation and their shortfalls, including the lack of any widely-shared comprehensive method for describing the various approaches to mediation practice. The Article then offers a new "grid" system for classifying mediator orientations, strategies, and techniques and describes the potential utility of the grid, particularly its effectiveness in selecting mediators.

For some other professionals, online mediation is a no-brainer: it’s a great substitute to face-to- face mediation for parties who might never have the time and/or money to travel several thousand kilometers to meet each other in a neutral place – and yes, online mediation has some disadvantages, but they are clearly offset by its advantages

The Skills of a Legal Mediator. Topic 1. Facts of the Case: 

Pre-mediation Meeting: Plaintiff 
Pre-mediation Meeting: Defendant 
Opening Session: Active
Opening Session: Restrained
Listening and Conveying Information
 Bargaining for an Offer