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Master of Dispute Resolution Curriculum

Required Courses

12 units (10 units required for law students)

  • One Arbitration Course
    • Arbitration Law+, Arbitration Practice and Advocacy, International Commercial Arbitration Theory and Doctrine, or International Commercial Arbitration Procedure and Practice
  • Cross-Cultural Conflict and Dispute Resolution
  • Introduction to US Law (for non-lawyers and non-law students)
  • Mediation Theory and Practice
  • Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • Psychology of Conflict Communication

* If this course was not taken to fulfill the arbitration requirement, it can be taken as an elective.

+ This course is only available to law students, law school graduates or LLM candidates.

 

Elective Courses

16 units required (18 units required for law students)

  • Advanced Mediation Seminar
  • Advanced Trial Practice +
  • Appellate Advocacy +
  • Arbitration Law * +
  • Arbitration Practice and Advocacy *
  • Current Issues in International Dispute Resolution: London/Geneva
  • Current Issues in International Dispute Resolution: Hong Kong/Beijing
  • Dispute Resolution in Education
  • Dispute Resolution and Religion
  • Dispute Resolution Law Journal (up to 4 units) (JD students only)
  • Divorce and Family Mediation
  • Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution
  • Faith-Based Diplomacy and International Peacemaking
  • Honors Appellate Advocacy (JD students only)
  • Honors Negotiation Advocacy (JD students only)
  • Honors Mediation Advocacy (JD students only)
  • International Commercial Arbitration Procedure and Practice *
  • International Commercial Arbitration Theory and Doctrine *
  • International Commercial Arbitration **
  • International Investment Disputes
  • International Litigation +
  • Interviewing, Counseling and Planning
  • Investor Advocacy Clinic (JD students only)
  • Lawyering Process +
  • Mediation Clinic
  • Moot Court- International (JD students only)
  • Moot Court- Interschool Competition (JD students only)
  • Restorative Justice
  • Selected Issues in Dispute Resolution:
    • Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
    • Conflict Consulting and Coaching
    • Decision Making Under Conflict
    • Dispute Resolution and Technology
    • Employment Disputes
    • Entertainment Industry Disputes
    • Entertainment and Sports
    • Ethical Practices in Dispute Resolution
    • Facilitating Dynamic Groups
    • Healthcare Dispute Resolution
    • Intellectual Property
    • International Identity Based Conflict and Dispute Resolution
    • Labor Disputes
    • Leadership and Conflict
    • Managing Litigation and Conflict for Corporations and Organizations
    • Mass Torts
    • Ombuds
    • Online Dispute Resolution
    • Strategic Alliances
    • Systems Design
  • Special Education Advocacy Clinic +
  • Trial Practice +
  • Trial Preparation and Settlement +
  • or a Substantive Law Class with Institute Approval (non-law students only)

* If this course was not taken to fulfill the arbitration requirement, it can be taken as an elective.

+ This course is only available to law students, law school graduates or LLM candidates.

** Students cannot enroll in this class if they have already taken ICA Theory and Doctrine or ICA Procedure and Practice without faculty approval

 

Externships or Thesis

4 units required