CML 2321 Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes

3 units
Common Law
Faculty of Law - Common Law
Covers the full spectrum of consensual methods for consensus building, conflict prevention, and dispute resolution in both court-connected and private alternative dispute resolution processes. Topics include the dynamics of conflict, special characteristics of the primary consensual processes, negotiation, mediation and arbitration, an array of hybrid processes that use non-binding evaluation to build consensus, process and systems design as well as a topical and critical issues including neutrality, power, standards, qualifications and ethics, the impact of culture, and dispute resolution on the internet.

Components:

Seminar

Requirements:

This course satisfies the oral advocacy requirement.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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