The purpose of the event is to create a platform for obtaining and deepening knowledge about out-of-court conflict resolution using mediation, the development of mediation in Ukraine and European countries and its application in legal practice (features of the work of a lawyer-mediator and a notary-mediator, judicial mediation: pre-trial dispute settlement by a judge or initiation/recommendation by a judge of mediation procedures and other issues), as well as for the exchange of experience between lawyers practising mediation.