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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Advanced Legal Research: Litigation and ADR
This course provides students with an introduction to litigation- and ADR-related materials and advanced training on the finding and utilization of these materials. Topics …
Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Workplace Seminar
This seminar will focus on the use of alternative methods of dispute resolution in the context of the workplace, including arbitration and mediation. Issues …
Comparative Dispute Resolution
This course will examine methods of dispute resolution used in other countries and compare them to those employed in the United States. We will …
Disability Discrimination
Course Description: The course explores legal and policy issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with …
Dispute Resolution in Employment
Course Description: This course offers skills and strategies for effective resolution of employment disputes in non-union work environments, with a focus on avoiding litigation. Students …
Dispute Resolution Processes: Theory & Practice
This course surveys the basic processes and variations with an emphasis on the lawyer as an advocate for clients. Skill building is practiced through …
Dispute System Design Workshop
This is a course to prepare you to design new forums for particular disputes and also to design, or modify, disputing systems for series …
Employment Discrimination Law
This course addresses developments in civil rights law in the context of the workplace. We will look at the growing body of law designed …
Employment Law
This course focuses on federal and state regulation of the employment relationship, including constitutional, statutory, and common-law restrictions on employer activities. Subjects covered include …
Ethics and ADR Seminar
This course offers both a survey in professional responsibility and in-depth application of the law governing lawyers to alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Grading is …
Federal Courts
This course examines the scope of and limitations upon the federal judicial power under Article III of the Constitution. It is organized around three …
International Business Arbitration
Course Description: The course examines the international arbitration process and the legal framework of private contract, national law, and international treaties in which it …
International Dispute Resolution
This course surveys the dispute settlement mechanisms available for resolving disputes between nation states. It is organized around the classic categories of the field: …
Issues in Arbitration
This course explores the law, theory and practice of arbitration. Students will engage in arbitration simulations as both a representative and as an arbitrator. …
Jurisprudence of ADR
Course Description: An examination of the fundamental normative values, principles and practices that shape the design and implementation of the negotiation, mediation, arbitration and …
Labor Law
This course will address regulation of labor-management relations in the private and public sector, including the development of private sector and public sector labor …
Labor Law, Labor Arbitration and Collective Bargaining Negotiation
Course Description: This course will cover substantive labor law issues as well as the modern practice of labor law, including negotiating a collective bargaining agreement …
Law and Social Science
Course Description: This course introduces students to the use of social science evidence by legal practitioners and courts at all levels. Such evidence is …
Lawyers as Leaders
Course Description: Through the cases and exercises, students will gain experience analyzing issues, exercising judgment, and making difficult decisions – the hallmarks of skillful …
Legal Negotiations and Settlements
This highly interactive course is designed to familiarize students with theories, skills and ethics involved in legal negotiation. Through simulations and role-play exercises, students …
Mediation Clinic
This course provides opportunities to develop skills as a mediator, along with basic study of mediation law and policy issues. The course combines the …
Middle East Conflict Seminar
Course Description: Seminar participants will be asked to write a single research paper on a topic relating to the Israeli-Palestinian territorial conflict, and to …
Negotiation & Mediation
This course offers skills and strategies for effective negotiation and mediation advocacy emphasizing the importance of building working relationships and achieving better outcomes in …
Remedies
Course Description: The study of the general principles of remedies, integrating public-law and private- law forms of relief. Topics include compensation, punitive damages, damages …
Resolving Community Civil Rights Disputes
Course Description: The course focuses on conflicts that divide a community and involve public policy issues such as civil rights, racial justice and economic …
Special Education Advocacy
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to be an advocate on behalf of children with disabilities. It is a highly practical …