Certificate Programs in Dispute Resolution in which Law Schools Participate
September 2001

School/ Contact/ Web Site	No. of Students (approx.)	Selection Process	Ltd. to JD students	Pref. for DR courses	Min. Credits Req.	Req. Courses (and credits)	Other req. (other than total number of credits)
Cardozo Lela Love 212-790-0365 love@ymail.yu.edu www.cardozo.yu.edu/kukin/ index.html-detail to be added	Uncertain	No	Mostly for JD students but may include LL.M. students	No	15	Competency in: ADR processes, interviewing & counseling, neg., med., & arb. Each year, courses are designated that satisfy these requirements.	writing (course paper, online journal note, approved ind. study), and 60 hrs. of clinical or externship exper.
Chicago-Kent (Litig. & ADR) Gary Laser 312-906-5070 glaser@kentlaw.edu www.kentlaw.edu/academics/ clinic/clof.html#ladr	About 25/year apply and about 15 get certif. each year	Yes. At least one course available only to certif. students - pretrial litigation (substitutes for drafting course).	Yes	Yes	21	Five skills courses: Pretrial litig. (3); Litig. clinic (3-4); Trial Adv. (3); Med. Clinic (3); Evidence (3); one course from list of substantive courses.	No
Hamline ADR Certificate Kitty Atkins 651-523-2897 katkins@gw.hamline.edu web.hamline.edu/law/adr/ certificate.htm	60	Yes, but all degree-seeking law or graduate students are admitted if in good academic standing at their respective institutions.	No. Anyone eligible for graduate-level education may apply.	Hamline students have preference	14	DR Practices (2); Med. (2); Neg. (20; Theories of Conflict (2); Arb. (2)	No
Hamline Arb. Certificate Kitty Atkins 651-523-2897 katkins@gw.hamline.edu web.hamline.edu/law/adr/ cert_arbitration.htm	15-20	Yes, but all degree-seeking law or graduate students are admitted if in good academic standing at their respective institutions.	No. Anyone eligible for graduate-level education may apply.	Hamline students have preference	6	Arb. (2); Employ. & Labor Arb. (1); consumer Arb. (1); Int'l. Arb. (1); Securities Arb. (1)	No
Marquette Eva Soeka 414-288-5535 eva.soeka@mu.edu www.marquette.edu/disputeres/	50 students admitted to the Program. 30-40 actively taking courses	Yes	No	Yes	15	DR Theory (3); Adv. Issues in DR (3); Med. (3); Adv. Med. (3); Practicum (1-3)	No
Ohio State Josh Stulberg 614-292-8638 stulberg.2@osu.edu www.osu.edu/units/law/ ADRbrochure.pdf	25/year 45 total	No	Yes	working on this	15	Med. Clinic (4); Law & social Science (2); Adv. Studies in DR (4)	112 hours of externship
Dickinson (Penn State) (DR & Advocacy) Bob Ackerman 717-241-3535 bxa9@psu.edu www.dsl.edu - details to be added	Uncertain	No	Yes	Yes, for ltd. enrollment courses	18	DR (3), neg. and med. skills (3), advocacy I (3), capstone (seminar in DR (2) or advocacy II (3)), client-centered course (client counseling (2) or certain clinics (2-6)), plus remaining credits from a long list of electives	No
Pepperdine Shellee Warnes 310-456-4655 shellee.warnes@pepperdine.edu law-www.pepperdine.edu/straus/ academic/certificate.shtml	30-40 JD/yr 5-15 MBA/yr 30 non-JD/yr	Yes, however all degree- seeking Pepperdine law and MBA students are admitted if in good academic standing. MBA acceptances are now limited to 15 students per academic year. Many students complete the certificate program on their way to earning the Master of DR degree.	No. Mid-career professional eligible for graduate-level study, as well as Pepperdine MBA students may apply.	Yes	14	ADR Processes (2); Arb., or Arb. Practice (2); Interviewing, Counseling & Planning (2); Med. (2); Neg. & Settlement Advocacy (2)	Two 2-unit electives (incl. in 14-credit total) can be selected from more than 15 available courses.
Rutgers-Newark Kenneth Kressel 973-353-1412 732-247-5986 kkressel@andromeda.rutgers.edu	25-30	No	No. Incl. psychology, management. Also non-matriculated students.	No	9	ADR (3); Neg. (3); Med. (3)	Non-credit specialization seminar (divorce med. or health care) ... but this is under review
U of Missouri-Columbia Donna Pavlick 573-884-2949 pavlickd@missouri.edu www.law.missouri.edu/- details to be added	Uncertain	NO	Yes	No	12	DR (3); Conflict Theory (3); and one of the following: Neg. (3), Med. (3), or Arb. (3)	Three credits from a long list of electives. All first-year courses and many other have DR units.
U of Tennessee Paul J. Zwier 865-974-6742 zwier@libra.law.utk.edu www.law.utl.edu/centers/ centers.htm	48	All students starting their second year who choose the concentration are admitted.	Yes	NA	26	Advocacy and Prof. Resp. (4); Evidence (4); Trail Practice (3); Case Devel. (4); Adv. Trial Advocacy (3); Advocacy Clinic (6). some students have option of taking ADR Clinic (4).	No
U of Texas (Grad. Portfolio Program) John Fleming 512-471-3507 jfleming@mail.law.utexas.edu www.utexas.edu/law/acadprogs/ cppdr/gppdr/	15/yr 60 total (planned)	Yes	No. Incl. public affairs, communication, architecture, engineering, nursing, social work, government, liberal arts.	No	12	Courses in basic conflict or DR theory; skill building in arb., med., or neg.; internship or other practical application; course requiring research paper	No
U of Tulsa Vicki J. Limas 918-631-2445 vicki-limas@utulsa.edu www.utulsa.edu/law/ specialprograms/ #dispute_resolution_cert	approx. 25/yr	No	Yes	Most DR courses have limited enrollment but haven't had a problem with certif. students getting in. Working on preference if this becomes a problem.	12	Intro. ADR (2 or 3); two of Med. (2 or 3), Arb. (2 or 3), Interview, counsel, Neg. (2 or 3); or one of latter category and one of Int'l ADR (2 or 3), ADR of Indigenous Peoples (2 or 3), ADR in Energy/Environ. Disputes (2 or 3), ADR in Health Care (2 or 3); Evidence (4); Pretrial Practice (2 or 3) or Trial Practice (3)	ADR practicum; ADR competition, and scholarship article
Valparaiso (Concentration) Barbara Schmidt 219-465-7903 barbara.schmidt@valpo.edu	ltd. to 10/yr	Yes, but haven't had to reject students yet	Yes	No	14	ADR (3); Pretrial Skills (3); Med. (2); Labor Arb. (2)	Practical exper. (med. clinic, externship, or competition) and ind. study or project (cr. arranged)
U of Washington (Concentration) Julia Ann Gold 206-543-3434 julgold@u.washington.edu www.law.washington.edu/ LawSchool/ genbul/dispute_pr.html	4-5/yr	No	Yes	Yes	complete courses listed next	Interviewing & Counseling (2); Neg. (3); ADR (3); Evidence (4 or 6); clinic or externship; Adv. Writing project (3)	No
Willamette Richard Birke 503-375-5388 rbirke@willamette.edu www.willamette.edu/wucl/ cdr.html#Conferences	16/yr	Yes	Very limited availability for non-law students	Yes, automatically registered	16	Dr survey (2); Neg. (3); Med. (3).; Arb. (3); Adv. Topics (2, 4 terms); Pre-Trial Civil Litig. (2)	200 hrs of practical work incl. research and teaching assistance and clinical; organize and attend speaker presentations