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
14 units required (16 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