The research tackles the mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method, and specifically the implementation of such a resolution the Russian federation. furthermore, his thesis analyzes the historical experience of mediation in the U.S. and shows us how successful it is to use mediation as an alternative for a dispute resolution. throughout this thesis, the example of the United States of America is used to prove how such an implementation can be fruitful to improve the Russian legislation regarding the alternative procedure for dispute resolution. Although the U.S experiment per se is not being copied or cloned, it is just used as an example that has a positive influence and will be implemented in accordance with the Russian judicial reality.