Professor Mark Morris, Director of the Dispute Resolution Institute 919.530.7724
mmorris@nccu.edu
NCCU Law School
North Carolina Central University
Mediation Advocacy (2 hours)
Term offered: 1st session, summer 2008
Course #: 8016
Dates and Times: May 20, 22, 27 & 29 ~ 5:00 – 8:45 PM and
May 24 and 31 ~ 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 16
Room: TBA
Instructor: Pamela Stanback Glean, Clinical Director
Course Description: This course will examine and develop the unique skill set necessary to operate as an effective advocate for parties in non-adversarial dispute resolution processes, particularly mediation. The course is taught using interactive role-plays and simulation exercises. Topics addressed will include selecting a mediator, preparing the case and the client for the process, developing problem-solving approaches, preparing mediation presentations, effective negotiation strategies and tactics, and drafting workable resolutions. The course will also prepare students to participate in the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition that takes place each spring semester.
Ethics in Dispute Resolution (1 hour)
Term offered: 1st session, summer 2008
Course #: 9514
Dates and Times: May 21, 28, June 4, 11 & 18 ~ 6:30 – 9:20 PM
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 30
Room: 102
Instructor: Frank C. Laney
Course Description: “A skills dilemma is where the mediator is unsure of how to effectuate the course of action she wants to pursue, and an ethical dilemma is where the mediator knows how to effectuate the course of action but is unsure of whether it is proper to do so at all.” Robert A. Baruch Bush, The Dilemmas of Mediation Practice. The purpose of this course is to provide law students, lawyers, and professional neutrals with an in-depth examination of the rules guiding our behavior in various dispute resolution processes. The instruction will begin with what the various rules, codes and guidelines say, but will quickly move into an analysis of why the rules say what they say. Once the standards are firmly in mind, the class will examine the areas of conflict or tension within and between the various codes. The course will employ lecture and discussion of the rules and standards, case law analysis, and student preparation of hypothetical problems.
Decision Tree Analysis for Lawyers and Mediators (1 hour)
Term offered: 2nd session, summer 2008
Course #: 4603
Dates and Times: Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28 ~ 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 24
Room: TBA
Instructor: Professor Marjorie Corman Aaron
Course Description: This course introduces fundamental concepts and techniques for analyzing risk and formulating sound decisions in the face of uncertainty and applies that learning to the work of lawyers and mediators. Decision Tree Analysis or Risk Analysis is used to build a visual map of the possible twists, turns, and outcomes in a case, and to factor lawyers' assessments of probabilities for more robust case evaluation and decision-making. It can be an extremely useful for an attorney planning litigation strategy, preparing for settlement negotiations, or communicating with clients or with counsel on the other side about risks and expected value. It can also be an effective tool for mediators facilitating discussion with parties and their counsel about the reality of the choices they face. The method can also be used to map strategy in regulator or transactional contexts. The class will master the "nuts and bolts" of constructing decision trees and calculating discounted values in simple cases, as well as applications in more complex scenarios. Perhaps most important, participants will learn and practice a decision-analysis approach to thinking about risk, fairness, and decision-making in client counseling, negotiation, and mediation.
Theories of Conflict (2 hours)
Term offered: 2nd session, summer 2008
Course #: 8802
Dates and Times: July 14, 16, 21, 23 ~ 5:00 – 8:45 PM and
July 19 and 26 ~ 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM
Plus four hours of online discussion
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 30
Room: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Jessica Katz Jameson
Course Description:: The role of the lawyer is increasingly understood to require the core competencies of problem solving and managing conflict. Therefore, effective representation is enhanced by a deeper understanding of the sources and nature of conflict. This course will examine conflict from a variety of theoretical perspectives including biological, psychodynamic, communication, social systems, and management. Implications for conflict escalation, de-escalation, and conflict transformation will be addressed. Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
- identify a variety of theories of causes of conflict and conflict escalation, leading to greater ability to alter nonproductive responses to conflict;
- identify types of conflict that are beneficial and detrimental to individual, group, and/or organizational outcomes, leading to ability to foster productive conflict;
- identify the advantages, disadvantages, and potential outcomes of a variety of conflict management strategies;
- analyze the characteristics of a given conflict, improving their ability to select appropriate conflict management strategies for different conflict situations; and
- improve their own performance in conflict through attention to the basics of effective dialogue and negotiation.
ADR - Processes and Practice (2 hours)
Term offered: 2nd session, summer 2008
Course #: 9503
Dates and Times: T, Th 3:15 – 6:00 PM
July 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 & 31 ~ 3:15 – 6:00 PM Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 24
Room: TBA
Instructor: G. Nicholas Herman
Course Description:: This course surveys the most common types of alternative dispute resolution processes: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and court-annexed and governmental-agency ADR — all of which have gained widespread use as alternatives to traditional litigation. The survey encompasses three perspectives: the advocate’s perspective in choosing the most appropriate ADR process in light of the different advantages and disadvantages of the various processes; the third-party neutral’s perspective in facilitating or fashioning a just resolution of the parties’ dispute; and the policy maker’s perspective in utilizing ADR as a more efficient and cost effective substitute for traditional adjudication. The course is taught through readings, active class discussion, and exercises and simulations in various ADR processes.
ADR - Clinic (3 hours)
Term offered: 2nd session, summer 2008
Course #: 9504
Dates and Times: 40-hour training, May 5 – 9, 2008 ~ 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Classroom component, June 4, 18 and
July 2, 8:00 AM – 2:00PM
Clinical component runs from May 12 through July 25
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 12
Room: TBA
Instructor: Professors Mark W. Morris and Kathleen C. Wallace
Course Description: Students should go to the Dispute Resolution Institute TWEN page and read “What Students Need to Know about the ADR Clinic – Summer 2008” before enrolling in the course.
NB: because of substantially similar content, students may take only one of the following courses for academic credit: ADR Clinic (9504), Superior Court Mediation (8605) or Mediation (8600).
Superior Court Mediation (2 hours) (Evening Program)
Term offered: 2nd session, summer 2008
Course #: 8605
Dates and Times: M, T, Th ~ 6:30 – 9:20 PM
June 30 – July 31 (Class will not meet July 3)
Pre-requisites: None
Enrollment Cap: 35
Room: 100
Instructor: Assistant Dean, Adrienne Meddock
Course Description: This course offers the same 40-hour DRC-approved training by Carolina Dispute Settlement Services as taught in the intensive one-week session of the ADR Clinic, but in the format of 3 evenings per week. Class will not meet the evening of July 3. There is no clinical component for this course, so students will not participate in clinical placements in court. Those interested in the evening version should contact Assistant Dean for the Evening Program, Adrienne Meddock, with questions at ameddock@nccu.edu.
NB: because of substantially similar content, students may take only one of the following courses for academic credit: ADR Clinic (9504), Superior Court Mediation (8605) or Mediation (8600).
Visiting students taking courses for acedemic credit download registration form here.
Attorneys, Professionals and Non-Degree Seeking Students download application here.
