Mediation

Course Information

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Meeting Times

Day Time Location
WED 3:45 - 6:35 pm TNH 2.137

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Other

Description

This course focuses on the acquisition of professional skills necessary to perform two separate roles in the mediation process: legal advocate and mediator. During the course, students will learn the social and political bases for the development of alternative dispute resolution procedures; become familiar with different models of negotiation and mediation; study the legislation that regulates the practice of mediation, especially in Texas courts; increase awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses in communication and negotiation and improve those skills; acquire advocacy skills for representing clients in mediation; acquire the essential skills necessary to mediate interpersonal and legal disputes; and develop a framework for making ethical decisions as a legal advocate or mediator in the mediation process. Students will read textbooks, participate in negotiation and mediation role plays, complete exercises designed to enhance communication and negotiation skills, and prepare a reflective journal. The course is designed to fulfill the statutory minimum requirements in Texas for a basic training course in dispute resolution techniques.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Getting To Yes Updtd & Rev *
Fisher, Roger, Patton, Bruce, Ury, William, and Ury, William L.
Rh , edition: 3
ISBN: 978-0-14-311875-6
Getting Past No : Negotiating in Difficult Situations (optional)
Ury, William
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN: 978-0-553-37131-4
Mediation : The Roles of Advocate and Neutral 3e *
Golann
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business , edition: 3
ISBN: 978-1-4548-5205-6

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