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A CAPABLE DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDIATION PROCESS

• voluntary
• collaborative
• controlled
• confidential
• informed
• impartial, neutral, balanced and safe
• self-responsible, relatively satisfying

• immediate caucus
• rely on descriptive materials
• separate introductory meeting or phase
• sample contact materials

• Introductions
• Prior Contacts
• Define and Describe Process
• Impartiality & Neutrality
• Logistics
• Caucus
• Confidentiality
• Suggested Ground Rules
• Answer Questions
• Joint Commitment

• Welcome and Introductions
• Today: Introductory, Easy, Educational, Confidential
• Prior Contacts
• Your and Your Situation
• Overview of Mediation
• Fees and Costs
• Attorneys and Court
• Memorializing Progress
• A Next Session?

• Interim
• Not Precedental
• Not Admissible
• Retroactive Application of Eventual Resolution

• Finalize Agreement to Mediate
• Confirm Additional Process Agreements
• Identify Desired Information & Documentation
• Share of Perspectives
• Identify and Expand Easy Points of Agreement and Shared Interests
• Indentify Respective Interests
• Establish Capable Problem-Solving Statements
• Discuss and Negotiate Issues
• Interests, Positive Intentions, Goals
• Options
• Selection Decisions
• Integration
• Draft, Refine and Implement

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