Settlement conference on the eve of trial?
Talmudic view • February 19, 2026
Talmud Tractate Sanhedrin, 6b
Food for thought from the Talmud on chambers settlement conferences, Sanhedrin, 6b:
R'Shimon ben Measya says: When two litigants come before you (the judge) for judgment, before you have heard their statements, or even after you have heard them but you do not yet know towards which side the judgment leans, you may urge them to compromise. But once you have heard their statements and know towards which side the judgment leans, you are not permitted to say to them, "Go out and compromise."
