This list is subject to change. Course descriptions can also be found in Section 4.9 of the Manual of Policies and Procedures.
902 DISPUTE RESOLUTION (2 credits): Study of the
major alternatives to litigation for the resolution of disputes
including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and court-annexed
procedures. Theoretical materials applied in simulated exercises. NOTE:
Students enrolling in the summer intensive format version of this course
are not to work during the course. Classes run from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
every day from Monday through Saturday. A final exam is given the
following Tuesday.
903 BUSINESS NEGOTIATION (2
credits) This course is designed for students who have taken the
Negotiation course and wish to learn about the use of negotiation in the
business environment. A student who completes this course will acquire:
a comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of business negotiation
necessary for successful negotiation in business; the skills and
abilities necessary to engage successfully in negotiation in various
business and organization settings; an understanding of how the
discipline of law relates to business negotiation; the ability to
identify problems, create solutions, innovate, and improve current
practices in business negotiations; and the ability to think creatively
to reach mutually satisfactory negotiated outcomes in business.
Prerequisites: 904.
904 NEGOTIATION (2 or 3 credits):
Selected materials in negotiation, the process by which lawyers resolve
90% of their clients' legal problems. Topics include selecting
appropriate strategies for a particular negotiation, planning for a
negotiation, and implementing strategy, selecting tactics and
considering ethical issues of misrepresentation and zealous advocacy.
NOTE: Students enrolling in the summer intensive format version of this
course are not to work during the course. Classes run from 8:00 AM to
12:00 PM every day from Monday through Saturday. A final exam is given
the following Tuesday.
905 GENERAL ARBITRATION (2
credits): An examination of the use of arbitration as an alternate
adjudicative process. The course will discuss all aspects of
arbitration, including compulsory arbitration, arbitration clauses, the
Federal Arbitration Act, post-hearing processes for formal arbitration,
and public policy issues.
906 AN EXAMINATION OF CONFLICT AND DESIGNING OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES (2credits):
This course will aid the student in exploring the root causes of
conflict, as well as an examination of the various multidisciplinary
approaches to substantive legal dispute processing and conflict
resolution. This will involve a study of the disciplines of law, social
psychology, anthropology and cross-cultural negotiation as well as an
overview of communication theory as it applies to the practice of law
and conflict resolution in a today’s complex legal environment. Dispute
resolution processes currently in use in by government agencies, private
entities, environmental and health practitioners will be explored from
the legal standpoint as it relates to legal, anthropology
(cross-cultural), social psychology and communication theory in the
de-escalation of significant conflicts.
Further, this course will aid the student in acquiring the
foundational knowledge necessary to develop, design, implement, regulate
and evaluate dispute resolution processes and programs in the legal,
court, governmental, environmental, public policy and business arenas.
Course topics will focus on developing knowledge of research methods,
data collection, data analysis, critical thinking, analytical writing,
rulemaking process, and negotiation between different layers of
government and organizational behavior – all skills that are
indispensable to these efforts. Pre-requisites: None.
907 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DR (2
credits): This course will be a highly interactive skill based approach
concerning communication messages that surround cultural and gender
interaction in both negotiation and mediation. The student will learn
how different cultures respond to conflict, uncertainty avoidance,
direct and indirect communication, power distance and apologies.
910 MEDIATION (2 credits): This
course approaches mediation from the advocate’s perspective. Students
will develop a sophisticated understanding of mediation and will learn
when to use mediation as a settlement process. Learning objectives will
be met through in class role-plays, reading assignments, written
analysis of mediation role-plays, and a final examination.
911 DIVORCE MEDIATION (3 credits)
Mediation in the domestic/divorce arena combines a thorough
understanding of the basic skills of mediation with the substantive
knowledge of the relevant issues on divorce such as custody, visitation,
support and property division. The student will receive education and
training that will explore these areas as well as provide the necessary
educational requirements to comply with the standard divorce/domestic
mediation certification. This course will be developed to comply with
Ohio Supreme Court requirements for a 40 hour course. NOTE: Students
enrolling in the summer intensive format version of this course are not
to work during the course. Classes run from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day
from Monday through Saturday. A final exam is given the following
Tuesday. Prerequisites: 910
913 HEALTH CARE & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
(2 credits) This course seeks to offer a framework for understanding
dispute resolution in healthcare by providing a historical perspective
on American healthcare’s evolution to its present structure. It
identifies major players interacting in the current American healthcare
setting, highlights key components in healthcare dispute resolution,
underscores ethical considerations endemic to healthcare, and
anticipates future evolution in health care and dispute resolution. An
examination of the use of dispute resolution in the health care industry
with emphasis on issues of mediating bioethical disputes such as how
much care to provide, the allocation of scare recourses, death and
dying, the suspension of care, the interaction of the family and the
health care provider, medical ethics, including a review of case studies
of different existing models of dispute resolution currently being used
and an examination of emerging and future issues affecting dispute
resolution in the health care industry.
941 MEDIATION CLINIC (3 credits): A
clinical experience for students who have completed the Mediation or
Mediation Skills Practicum. Students will mediate disputes in a variety
of settings including Small Claims Court, Municipal Court, and the Night
Prosecutor Program. Additionally, students will mediate disputes
referred directly to the clinic. Prerequisites: 910.