Keyword: «judicial mediator»

The main provisions of the Russian Federation Supreme Court draft law about the introduction of the procedure for judicial reconciliation are analyzed, the provisions about this procedure are compared with the existing norms about mediation. The author raises questions about the need to expand the scope of mediation application and assesses the relevance of the proposed changes to the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. As a result, it is concluded that not all of the proposals can really prove to be effective, and some novelties must be revised.