AI for Mediators

Prompts for Mediators, From Intake to Agreement

1. The lessons

   1. Prepare For First Meeting: Use AI to organize intake information and draft a clear agenda before the first mediation session.
   2. Explain Mediation To Parties: Use AI to turn mediation rules and process into plain-language explanations for nervous or first-time parties.
   3. Listen And Capture Both Sides: Use AI to turn long party narratives into neutral, balanced summaries without losing each side's concerns.
   4. Clarify Issues And Interests: Use AI to move from stated demands to underlying needs, priorities, and questions worth asking.
   5. Find Common Ground: Use AI to spot shared goals, overlapping values, and small agreements that can build momentum.
   6. Propose Settlement Options: Use AI to brainstorm balanced options and reality-test proposals before offering them to parties.
   7. Draft Agreements And Documents: Use AI to turn tentative deals into clear, neutral written terms and prepare case documents.
   8. Follow Up And Practice Admin: Use AI to handle post-session follow-up, scheduling, and practice records without losing your neutral tone.
2. What the Course Covers

   The course follows a mediation from first contact to final follow-up. You get prompts for intake, opening explanations, summaries of both sides, issue mapping, common ground, settlement options, written agreements, and admin.

   Every lesson is short and practical. You can read it, try the prompt, and see how the output fits your own process.

3. How the Lessons Connect

   Each lesson builds on the one before it. The intake agenda helps you open the session, the neutral summaries help you clarify issues, and those issues lead naturally to common ground and options.

   By the last lesson, you have a full set of prompts for a case. You can use them in order or pick the one that matches the moment.

4. How to Use the Prompts Well

   Give the AI clear context without sharing more than you should. Say what kind of dispute it is, who the parties are in general terms, and what you need, such as a neutral summary or three fair options.

   Always review the draft. Change words that sound unlike you, remove anything that takes a side, and check every detail against your own notes.

5. Who This Course Is For

   This course is for mediators who want less time lost to writing and organizing. It fits community mediators, workplace mediators, family mediators, and anyone who guides people toward voluntary agreements.

   You do not need to be technical. You only need a willingness to try a prompt, read the result, and keep your own judgment in charge.

6. Safety and Privacy for Mediators

   Mediation depends on trust, so privacy comes first. Remove names, addresses, and other identifying details before you paste anything into an AI tool, unless your organization has clear rules that allow it.

   Use AI for drafts, not for decisions. You stay responsible for confidentiality, neutrality, and any legal or professional requirements that apply to your practice.

7. Your Next Step

   Open the first lesson and try the intake prompt with a case you already know. Save the output, compare it with your usual notes, and notice what you would keep or change.

   Then choose one more prompt for tomorrow. Small daily practice is the fastest way to make these tools feel like a normal part of your work.