What are some advantages to mediation?

- Mediation provides an opportunity to talk with someone who is impartial.

-The issues in your dispute are not decided by someone else (self-determination).

- What you say in mediation is confidential.

-The mediator can help you overcome obstacles to communication with the other person or party in your dispute.

-A mediated agreement allows you and the other person or party to reach flexible solutions to your dispute.

-Mediation is not a trial nor an arbitration.

-You know what you have agreed to in mediation instead of gambling with what the judge or jury may decide if you go to court.

-Mediation is an opportunity to gain a greater understanding about why the dispute arose.