What are the benefits of mediation compared to other approaches?
• The parties retain a high degree of control over the solutions to their situation. • Mediation encourages creative solutions to the dispute. Parties may benefit in ways unavailable through litigation or arbitration. • Mediation and mediation solutions are voluntary and private. People feel better about solutions they have crafted. • Mediation strengthens ongoing work and community relationships with its core concept of encouraging solutions that work for everyone. • Mediation is often more economically sound than more formal arbitration and litigation.
