The documents to be collected while preparing for divorce mediation are listed. The divorce mediation preparation from the emotional and psychological angle are explained.

1. Preparing for Mediation
The Checklist : Preparing for Mediation
Preparing for Divorce Mediation

2. The Checklist : Preparing for Mediation
Here’s a checklist for preparing for mediation.
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Listen to your client
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Review the facts and law
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Gather documents
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Calculate damages
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Draft the mediation brief

3. The Checklist : Preparing for Mediation
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Match the mediator to the case
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Appraise the Zone of Possible Agreement
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Prepare visual aids and distributables
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Role play: have a colleague take your side
while you take the other side’s side

4. The Checklist : Preparing for Mediation
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Create value (with strategies to make the pie
larger)
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Exploit your differences: trade items of lesser
value to you but greater value to the other side
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Strategize for the joint session
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Script your moves
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Line up your negotiation strategies

5. The Checklist : Preparing for Mediation
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Anticipate their negotiation strategies
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Assess the best “process” for mediation
success
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Adjust your attitude to be positive
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Prepare your client
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Check in with the other side or the mediator or
both prior to the mediation

6. More Information for Divorce
Mediation
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Divorce Mediators
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Divorce Mediation Training
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Divorce Mediation Services
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Divorce Court Mediation

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