Treatises on CD-ROM's. On line access. Some parties will want to know and absorb everything about their case and reach all available publications. Some will want to have only a global overview and delegate. The right mix of information for a particular party depends on the party, the nature of the problem to be solved, and the availability of consulting lawyers, parties, and other factors.
Technology can assist the lawyer and mediator in assisting the parties.
The previous section discussed materials that are generally available to the lawyer in an office context. It may be that the mediation will not be held in a lawyer's office, or in a place where there is not ready access to the lawyer's data base of information. Many of tools described herein are applicable to other forms of dispute resolution, including traditional settlement conferences, caucus mediation, and even presentation of one's case in an adversary proceeding. But the use of technology becomes even more important in the pure form mediation where the lawyer has a greater role in providing legal information than in traditional two party adversary representation. Anybody can represent themselves in a divorce.