Dispute Resolution Directory

Mediation
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW(ME355)

FALL 2013

Instructor:
Michele Dorsey
617-451-0010

This course focuses on legal, ethical, sociological, and procedural aspects of mediation and involves a series of student simulation exercises on fact patterns drawn from several of the following fields: divorce, child custody, land use, education, health care, construction employment and small business. Special attention is given to issues … Read Mediation

Mediation (LAW-44000A)
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

SPRING 2013

Instructor:
David Hoffman
Boston Law Collaborative
617-439-4700 Ext. 201

Mediation is having an increasingly profound impact on the way law is practiced in the U.S. and internationally, and clients expect both transactional lawyers and litigators to have a working knowledge of the mediation process. This course focuses on the theory and practice of mediation. Students … Read Mediation

Mediation Theory and Practice
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL (JD 826)

SPRING 2015
Wednesday 10:40am-1:40pm

Instructor:
Bette Roth
617-353-8747

This course covers the theory and practice of mediation, the use of mediation to resolve disputes in different legal contexts, and the development of practical mediation skills. We will examine the mediation process, including the roles of the mediator and counsel representing a party … Read Mediation Theory and Practice

Mediation
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL (LL-92502 [Fall] and LL-92501 [Spring])

FALL and SPRING 2012/2013
Instructors:
Ericka Gray

Whether you incorporate mediation into your practice as an advocate for your client or you choose to become a mediator, this course provides a sound theoretical and practical skills base necessary for ethical practice. Beginning with an overview of interest based negotiation, mediation … Read Mediation

Labor and Employment Arbitration
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

SPRING 2013
Instructor:
Marc D. Greenbaum
617-573-8369

This course will examine arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism in two related, but distinct, contexts. First, the course will study the legal principles applicable to the widely accepted use of arbitration as a means of resolving disputes arising under public and private sector collective … Read Labor and Employment Arbitration

Labor Arbitration Workshop (LAW2511)
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

SPRING and SUMMER 2012
Instructor:
Roger Abrams
617-373-2068

In this workshop, students will explore the important role of alternative dispute resolution in the workplace. Using court and arbitration decisions as well as supplementary materials, students will discuss the relationship between arbitration and the judicial system, a union’s duty of fair representative, issues … Read Labor Arbitration Workshop

Arbitration: Labor and Employment
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW

SPRING 2012

Instructor:
Richard D. Zaiger

This course has two distinct but related goals. First, it is an in-depth study of the law governing labor and employment arbitration. In that sense, it is like a traditional law school course. Second, it is designed to teach the skills necessary for advocates and … Read Arbitration: Labor and Employment

International Commercial Arbitration (LAW-38882A)
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

WINTER 2013

Instructors:
Mark Beckett
Daniel Tan

This course provides a rigorous introduction to the field of international commercial arbitration, which has become the default means of settling international disputes. The course will deal with the internationalist elements of the subject matter, but will also examine international commercial arbitration from an American perspective. Students … Read International Commercial Arbitration

International Business Arbitration
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL (JD980)

FALL 2012
Instructor:
William W. Park
617-353-3149

Legal dimensions of international business dispute resolution through binding arbitration. Treaty framework for determining validity of arbitration agreement and for recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards (New York Convention, Panama Convention, Washington Convention). Comparative approach (French, English, Swiss, and U.S. legal systems) to the influence of … Read International Business Arbitration

Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

SPRING 2013

Instructor:
Bette J. Roth
Suffolk Law School

This seminar examines the role of lawyers as societal problem solvers employing various methods of analyzing, reducing and resolving legal and other forms of dispute without resort to formal trial. Although some disputes can only be properly resolved through trial and appeal, the vast … Read Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar