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Simulating Dispute Mediation with LLM-Based Agents for Legal Research

arXiv 2509.06586 ↗First posted 8 Sep 2025cs.CYcited by 7

On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Social simulation and multi-agent debate

Abstract (arXiv)

Legal dispute mediation plays a crucial role in resolving civil disputes, yet its empirical study is limited by privacy constraints and complex multivariate interactions. To address this limitation, we present AgentMediation, the first LLM-based agent framework for simulating dispute mediation. It simulates realistic mediation processes grounded in real-world disputes and enables controlled experimentation on key variables such as disputant strategies, dispute causes, and mediator expertise. Our empirical analysis reveals patterns consistent with sociological theories, including Group Polarization and Surface-level Consensus. As a comprehensive and extensible platform, AgentMediation paves the way for deeper integration of social science and AI in legal research.

Key facts. Cited by 7 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Social simulation and multi-agent debate, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 10 of its 27 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 8 Sep 2025.

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  6. 2024Robots in the Middle: Evaluating LLMs in Dispute Resolutioncited by 14
  7. 2025KODIS: A Multicultural Dispute Resolution Dialogue Corpuscited by 9

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  1. 2026LLM Agents in Law: Taxonomy, Applications, and Challengescited by 5
  2. 2025ProMediate: A Socio-cognitive framework for evaluating proactive agents in multi-party negotiationcited by 3
  3. 2026LLMs Should Incorporate Explicit Mechanisms for Human Empathycited by 0
  4. 2026Logical Consistency as a Bridge: Improving LLM Hallucination Detection via Label Constraint Modeling between Responses and Self-Judgmentscited by 0
  5. 2026SoCRATES: Towards Reliable Automated Evaluation of Proactive LLM Mediation across Domains and Socio-cognitive Variationscited by 0
  6. 2026Civil Court Simulation with Large Language Modelscited by 0
  7. 2026ProMediConv: Benchmarking Proactive Conversational Agents in Legal Dispute Mediationcited by 0

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