LAW 866TUT - Adv Advocacy in Mediatn

This course allows students to sharpen their negotiation skills and effectiveness in representing clients engaged in mediation. In addition to client interviewing and mediation session planning skills, students will practice the delicate balance between a lawyer’s duty of zealous advocacy and successfully settling cases in mediation. Advanced attorney ethical issues in such negotiations, such as a proposed duty to negotiate in good faith and the misuse of mediation as a discovery devise, are also explored. As a vehicle for learning course concepts, the students are required to prepare for and participate in the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s Regional Law School Mediation Advocacy Competition. The course is limited to enrollment by the 4 students comprising the first and second place teams in the law school’s intramural Mediation Advocacy Competition.

Credits: 1