During online civil mediation, you, the other party and the mediator connect electronically. The mediator will begin the session by discussing the purpose of mediation and his function to guide the parties toward a resolution of their legal issue. He may then meet with each party independently to understand their perspective and to share information. During these isolated meeting, he also brings proposals and counterproposals to the parties. The negotiator may also have the participants join some meetings together and come up with possible technique to settle the dispute. Once the participants settle to an agreement, the negotiator will put it into writing and both of the participants will sign the agreement.