Keyword: «negotiations»

The article presents an analysis of the concept of mediators' mediation potential, considered as a condition for preparation and a means for resolving disputes and settling conflicts. Mediation potential of mediators is diagnosed through the conflictological competence of conflict resolution and includes socio-psychological characteristics and professionally important personality traits, operational characteristics in conflict resolution, tactics chosen in conflict resolution.

The article analyzes the current state of legal competencies acquired by future legal specialists. The author sees a special role in the skills of peaceful conflict resolution to achieve executable solutions, in positioning a lawyer as a specialist with broad capabilities in the use of various fields of knowledge. Obtaining new knowledge, skills and abilities should become the basis for ex-panding both professional and personal competencies. The lawyer of the future should be aimed at reducing conflict in society.