http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution legal forms and free Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/is-it-confidential.html When the parities agree to mediate, they understand that the information obtains during intake, the mediation process, and follow­up is confidential and will not be used in any legal proceeding on the matter. Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/is-mediation-binding.html If the case is court­referred, the agreement is as binding as if the case were decided by a judge. It cannot be appealed. In privately referred cases, the mediated agreement is a contract between the two parties. Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/what-happens-if-the-parties-cannot-reach-an-a.html If an agreement cannot be reached in a case referred from court, the parties will be referred back to court. Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/what-if-the-case-is-not-court-referred.html The mediator may assist the parties in determining what they want to do next. Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/who-is-the-mediator.html The mediator is a volunteer who has successfully completed 24­hour mediation training. The training includes communication, negotiation, and conciliation skills, mediation techniques and knowledge of the laws appropriate to the cases mediated. After the training, an apprenticeship and a performance evaluation are completed by the volunteer. Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Arbitration-ADR/Pennsylvania/index.html Free Arbitration FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:01:18 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Mediation-Alternative-Dispute-Resolution/Pennsylvania/index.html Free Mediation FAQs Alternative Dispute Resolution Sub-categories Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:01:18 GMT