Curriculum
We offer 15 courses including client counseling, negotiation, mediation, mediation advocacy, international commercial arbitration, restorative justice and an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) overview course. You will get in-depth skills training and opportunities to work with real people in a mediation session as the mediator or as a supervised student attorney representing a client.
This curriculum supports the Dispute Resolution program's mission to help students:
- Gain strong negotiation skills in courses like Mediation Advocacy and Negotiation Seminar;
- Learn about international commercial arbitration;
- Represent real clients in employment mediations in the Advanced Mediation Advocacy Practicum;
- Serve as a mediator in the Mediation Certification and Courthouse Practicum;
- Practice skills at an ADR Externship;
- Learn how to handle difficult conversations in any setting;
- Compete on one of the Dispute Resolution Program teams
Suggested Course Progression
Students may take these courses in any order or combination unless otherwise noted.
View the Dispute Resolution Program suggested course progression as a pdf.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (2 credits)
Law 556
Fall and Spring
Kyritsi/Jamison (3 credits in WJD)
Mediation Advocacy (3 credits)
Law 406
Fall and Spring
Frisbie/Block and Sandlow
Negotiations Seminar (3 credits)
Law 449
Fall and Spring.
Frank and Liston
Client Counseling (3 credits)
Law 404
(Fall and Spring)
Rosenberg. M and Spencer
International Commercial Arbitration and the CISG (3 credits)
Law 841
Fall
Instructor permission
Moses
Advanced Mediation Advocacy Practicum (4 credits) (LCE)
Law 246
Fall and Spring
Represent real clients at employment discrimination mediations with experienced lawyer supervision. Instructor permission. Prior Dispute Resolution Program course experience preferred but not required. Can repeat.
Clark and Liston
Mediation Certification and Courthouse Practicum (4 credits) (LCE)
Law 584
Fall
Students mediate cases at court. Instructor permission.
Block and Eatherton
Dispute Resolution Skills Teams (2 credits)
Law 438
Client Counseling Team, Mediation Team, Negotiation Team, Tulane Sports Negotiation Team.
(Tryouts) Holmstrom/Frisbie and Koss/Frank and Liston/Caldwell
International Commercial Arbitration Practicum (2 credits)
Law 842
Vis Moot Team
Spring
Prerequisite: Law 841 (Team selected from students in Law 841) Moses and Vis coaches
Advanced Mediation Advocacy Practicum (4 credits) (LCE)
Law 246 (repeat for 4 more credits – advanced cases)
Fall and Spring (possible opportunity for summer)
Clark and Liston
Advanced Mediation Certification and Courthouse Practicum (3 credits) (LCE)
Law 518
Students mediate more complex cases at Center for Conflict Resolution
Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Law 584
Block and Eatherton
Advocacy Team Supplement (1 ungraded credit)
Law 467
Spring
Prerequisite Law 438
Frank and Liston
Other Dispute Resolution courses
- Child and Family Law Mediation (2 credits)
- Law 615
- Spring
- Levitz and Finch
- Mediation Seminar (2 credits)
- Law 456
- Fall
- Levitz and Silver
- Mediation Workshop (1 credit)
- Law 625 (ungraded weekend course)
- Fall and Spring
- Green and Kyritsi
- Restorative Justice Workshop (1 credit)
- Law 408 (ungraded weekend course)
- Fall and Spring
- Training in peace circles and other restorative processes
- Agaiby
- Special Topics: Complex Construction Mediation Simulation (2 credits)
- Law 310
- Fall and Spring
- Roberts
- Externships in ADR (2 or 3 ungraded credits)
- Law 599
- Mindfulness and Wellbeing (1 ungraded credit)
- Law 463
- Spring
- Frisbie
Note: Client counseling and advising, client management, negotiation and dispute resolution will be on the NextGen bar exam
We offer 15 courses including client counseling, negotiation, mediation, mediation advocacy, international commercial arbitration, restorative justice and an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) overview course. You will get in-depth skills training and opportunities to work with real people in a mediation session as the mediator or as a supervised student attorney representing a client.
This curriculum supports the Dispute Resolution program's mission to help students:
- Gain strong negotiation skills in courses like Mediation Advocacy and Negotiation Seminar;
- Learn about international commercial arbitration;
- Represent real clients in employment mediations in the Advanced Mediation Advocacy Practicum;
- Serve as a mediator in the Mediation Certification and Courthouse Practicum;
- Practice skills at an ADR Externship;
- Learn how to handle difficult conversations in any setting;
- Compete on one of the Dispute Resolution Program teams
Suggested Course Progression
Students may take these courses in any order or combination unless otherwise noted.
View the Dispute Resolution Program suggested course progression as a pdf.