Assume that you have been consulted as a legal expert to recommend whether a mediation or court process should be used in a particular case. For each situation, explain why you have selected either mediation or the court system to resolve the case. Maybe make a nice chart or something.

1. Divorced parents both want sole custody of their child.
2. A teenage girl accuses a man of stalking her, but he denies it.
3. A university student wants a landlord to fix the leaking ceiling in her apartment.
4. A teen is caught shoplifting a pair of jeans.
5. A youth believes he has been wrongly dismissed from his job.
6. A student hits another student after school, breaking his nose.
7. A middle aged law teacher walks his dog without a leash in a "No dogs allowed" park.
8. A 25 year old drives a car without having a license.