Dispute Resolution Skills

Catalog description

The course explores the theory behind and the advantages and disadvantages of both primary (negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation) and mixed (med-arb, court-annexed arbitration, non-binding arbitration, neutral evaluation, the summary jury trial, private judging, and the mini-trial) dispute resolution processes. Students explore both theory and skills connected to service as a neutral and service as an advocate in the various processes, as well as theories of matching the most optimal process to a particular dispute and of designing dispute resolution systems and clauses.