The collection presents scientific articles of the participants of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference "The role of the legal community and pedagogical universities in the development of mediation and school reconciliation services (on the example of the Lipetsk region)", which took place on November 29, 2016 . the P. Lipetsk State Pedagogical University P. Semyonov-Tian-Shansky . The conference was attended by more than 100 people. Among them are representatives of such cities as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Yelets, Belgorod, Vologda . On its subject this is a comprehensive publication devoted to mediation procedures. This publication will be useful for researchers and practitioners, lawyers, psychologists, educators, professional mediators, graduate students, undergraduates and students engaged in scientific and practical activities in the field of alternative dispute resolution .