Effective preparation simplifies the process and helps both parties focus on meaningful solutions during your session.
Clarify Your Goals
Gather & Understand
Perspective & Logistics
Identify the issues you want addressed. Separate essential needs from preferred outcomes, and outline any areas where agreement already exists.
Gather relevant documents, write down key questions, and consult an attorney to clarify legal questions before attending your session.
Consider what the other participant may need, explore multiple potential solutions, manage difficult emotions, and review technology and privacy rules.
What to Expect and Bring
What to Bring
What Not to Do
Organize relevant materials beforehand, including daily schedules, financial information where applicable, existing agreements, court or school documents, timelines, and requested communication records.
Avoid arriving solely to prove the other person wrong or withholding requested information. Do not use the process to intimidate others, or assume the mediator will decide the dispute.
Please follow Grace's specific instructions for your case, as required materials vary by matter.
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