A "mini-trial", otherwise called an "information exchange" resembles a truncated court case but without live evidence. The decision-makers on each side sit with the neutral person as if they were judges, facing the lawyers for each side, who "fast-forward" to their "final addresses" and answer questions from the "bench". Then the decision-makers retire with the neutral person to negotiate settlement, in light of their evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, as exposed during the previous session.