If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend, if two strangers come to you with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend"-Saint Augustine. What are the stages in the dispute process developed by Nader and Todd, and how do these stages compare to the typology developed by Felstiner, Abel, and Pratt? The following will examine the two typologies and compare and contrast them, as well as provide example of the different stages.