Should a mediation, family court-ordered or not, follow normal courtroom guidelines as courts defer court functions to mediation which creates the expectations of participants that mediation will run under the same protections and guidelines of a regular courtroom? Should mediation participants and mediator be held liable for allowing the abuse and manipulation of a vulnerable-victim? (Murphy, 2021 ){United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Defendant-appellant, 406 F.3d 891 (7th Cir. 2005).

Should individuals be allowed to represent themselves in court, especially against educated, trained, and highly-skilled lawyers? (If the institution of justice continues to allow individuals to represent themselves, then the institution is geared against the self-litigant, pro-se).

Should mediation participants and mediator be liable for abuse and manipulation of a vulnerable victim?