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The following is a collection of syllabi of interest to law school faculty around the country. Each syllabus remains the intellectual property of the author, so please provide appropriate credit to the author if you copy a substantial portion of any syllabus. If you would like to share a syllabus on this web site, please contact John Lande.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (survey course) / Lawyering and Dispute Resolution
Lawyering Within Dispute Resolution Processes - Sarah Rudolph Cole, Ohio State University
Alternative Dispute Resolution (online) - Noam Ebner, Creighton University School of Law
Lawyering and Dispute Resolution - Timothy J. Heinsz, University of Missouri
Focused Problem-Solving - Kathy Hessler, Case Western Reserve University
Lawyering Skills - Jim Holbrook, University of Utah
Lawyering: Problem-Solving and Dispute Resolution - John Lande, University of Missouri
Practice, Problem-Solving and Professionalism - Bobbi McAdoo, Hamline University
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Theory, Practice and Policy - Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Kelly Browe Olson, University of Arkansas - Little Rock
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Marquette University
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Stephen J. Ware, University of Kansas
Dispute Resolution - Paula M. Young, Appalachian School of Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Archie Zariski, Athabasca University (Canada)
Arbitration
Arbitration - Robert G. Bailey, University of Missouri
Commercial and Labor Arbitration - Sarah Rudolph Cole, Ohio State University
Commercial Arbitration - Christopher R. Drahozal, University of Kansas
Arbitration - Jean R. Sternlight, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mediation
Mediation Issues Seminar/Practicum - Sarah Rudolph Cole & Carole Hinchcliff, Ohio State University
Mediation Advocacy - James Coben, Hamline University
Mediation Seminar - Dana Curtis, Stanford University
Mediation - Jay Folberg, University of San Francisco
Mediation Advocacy Seminar - Dwight Golann, Suffolk University
Mediation Clinic - Art Hinshaw, Arizona State University
Mediation/Advanced Negotiation - Jim Holbrook, University of Utah
Non-Binding Methods of Dispute Resolution [includes some negotiation and facilitation] - John Lande, University of Missouri
Advanced Mediation - Linda Morton & Susan Garrett, California Western University
Certified Civil Mediation - Paula M. Young, Appalachian School of Law
Negotiation
Negotiation - Jonathan R. Cohen, University of Florida
The Negotiation Process - Alvin Goldman, University of Kentucky
Negotiations - C. K. (Tina) Gunsalus, University of Illinois
Negotiation Theory and Practice - Russell Korobkin, UCLA
Negotiation - John Lande, University of Missouri
Negotiation & Mediation - Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Negotiation & Mediation (Intensive) - Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Legal Negotiation - Scott Peppet, University of Colorado
Negotiation (including general memo)- Richard Reuben, University of Missouri
Negotiation - Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Marquette University
Online Dispute Resolution
International Competitions for Online Dispute Resolution - Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo
Materials on Online Dispute Resolution - Benjamin Davis, University of Toledo
Conflict and Cyberspace: Online Dispute Resolution - Alan Gaitenby, University of Massachusetts
ODR links - The Nationwide Academy For Dispute Resolution (UK) Ltd. (suggested by Eric Van Ginkel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP).
Online Dispute Resolution - Daniel Rainey, National Mediation Board, University of Massachusetts Continuing Education Program
Comparative and International Dispute Resolution
Comparative Dispute Resolution - Craig Bosch, University of the Western Cape, & John Lande, University of Missouri
Comparative Dispute Resolution - Ellen E. Deason, Ohio State University
Theories of Dispute Resolution - Jean R. Sternlight, (then) Florida State University
Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Comparative Study - Henry C. Strickland, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law and South Texas College of Law
Dispute Resolution: Comparative & International Perspectives - Nancy Welsh, Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Other Courses
ADR in the Workplace - Richard Bales, Northern Kentucky University
Justice & Dispute System Design - Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (visiting UC Hastings College of the Law)
Reconciliation - Jonathan R. Cohen, University of Florida
Theories of Conflict - Kenneth Fox, Hamline University School of Law
Public Policy Dispute Resolution - Philip J. Harter, University of Missouri
Cooperative Practice: A New Technique to Negotiate Cases Successfully - John Lande, University of Missouri (visiting Hamline University School of Law)
Course Rules - John Lande, University of Missouri
Dispute System Design - John Lande, University of Missouri
Family Law Dispute Resolution - John Lande, University of Missouri
Ethics In Non-Adversarial Practice - Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Multi-Party Dispute Resolution and Negotiation Seminar - Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Problem Solving and Prevention in Health Care - Linda Morton, Callifornia Western School of Law
Conflict Theory - Richard Reuben, University of Missouri
Understanding Conflict - Leonard L. Riskin, University of Missouri
Methods for Program Evaluation and Design - Jennifer Robbennolt, University of Missouri
Ethics in ADR - Suzanne Schmitz, Southern Illinois University
Senior Seminar-ADR Issues - Suzanne Schmitz, Southern Illinois University
Public Affairs Dispute Resolution and Consensus-Building - John B. Stephens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill