Prerequisite: none
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Credits
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Offered
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The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the full range of dispute resolution processes including interviewing and counseling, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and mixed processes, such as the mini-trial. The overall objectives are to give the students familiarity with these processes, rudimentary skills in using them, and some experience in how to help a client choose or build the most appropriate dispute resolution or prevention process.
The classes will include lectures, demonstrations (video taped and live), discussions and simulations. Students will be asked to do written work in the form of a journal. The journal is to include the student’s observations, reflections, comments on the readings, handouts, simulations and class lecture. The observations can also include a student’s life and work experiences as they relate to the subject areas covered in class. The journal may also include specific assignments such as the answer to questions posed during a simulation exercise. The journal requirement is based on the belief that the ability of a law student to reflect on and learn from one’s own experiences is an essential part of learning to be a lawyer. The grade in this course is based on the submission of the journal at the end of the semester.
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2
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Annually
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