Negotiation
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW

FALL and SPRING
Instructor:
Dawn Effron
617-451-8010

The course explores the theory and the art of resolving conflict through negotiation. Various styles are presented for comparison and analysis. Students are urged to evaluate their own intuitive style and to experience others’. Practical experience is achieved through one-on-one and group negotiations exercises. The theory of conflict, strategic choice, ethical issues, and the negotiator’s dilemma are presented in a variety of substantive contexts. Students are required to prepare a brief weekly journal on an assigned topic. Term paper also required. (Fall: 2 sections: Monday 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Tuesday 6:00-8:45 p.m.; Spring: Monday 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Tuesday 6:00-8:45 p.m.)

Mediation Clinic (ME900-D-02)
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW

FALL

Instructor:
Dawn Effron
617-451-0010

Students are placed in settings that expose them to mediation, ideally in placements in which the students themselves actually perform the mediations under close supervision. At least three students work under the supervision of the course instructor. Credit options must be selected with permission of the course instructor, since the credit selection may limit placement possibilities. (Day and time to be determine by placement.)

Mediation
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW

FALL and SPRING
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 of whether mediation, as opposed to judicial proceedings, disempower the already weak. (Fall, 2 sections: 1) Monday 6:00-8:45 p.m.; 2) Thursday 4:0-6:45 p.m.; Spring, Tuesday 6:00-8:45 p.m.)

Arbitration: Labor and Employment
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW

SPRING

Instructor:
Sharon Henderson-Ellis

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 neutrals in labor and employment arbitration. In that respect, it is like a skills-training course. Limit: 20. (Tuesday 4:10-5:50 p.m.)

Alternative Dispute Resolution
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW (AR252)

FALL
Instructor:
Davalene Cooper
Martha Koster
617-422-7271

This course is designed to familiarize students with alternatives to traditional means of settling disputes. The course begins with the traditional methods of dispute resolution and litigation, and later concentrates on negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. The course also exposes students to various programs in Massachusetts that use alternative processes of dispute resolution. In-class presentation by each student of research paper looking critically at an emerging issue in the ADR field. (Fall: Cooper: Monday 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; Spring: Koster: Tuesday 7:45-9:25 p.m.)