To successfully compete in the global marketplace, professionals must have the skills to negotiate effectively, and to resolve disputes outside the courtroom, lessening hostilities that interfere with ongoing business operations and relationships. To meet this pressing need, the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM) announces an exciting collaboration with the Dispute Resolution Institute at Hamline University School of Law (HUSL), ranked in the top four of American law school dispute resolution programs (“America’s Best Graduate Schools,” U.S. News & World Report, 2007 Edition), to offer a Certificate in Consensual Dispute Resolution imparted in India.
The two-week Certificate Program in Consensual Dispute Resolution provides lawyers, judges, other professionals, and law and management students an unprecedented opportunity to study alternative dispute resolution through highly interactive, skill-based courses in negotiation and mediation.
The Certificate courses, each offered as a 25-hour module, are taught by internationally recognized faculty from the Dispute Resolution Institute Faculty at Hamline University School of Law.
The course will not have a written examination and be evaluated based on the role plays and presentations in the class room. The certificate will be awarded jointly by the Hamline University School of Law and the Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation.
Course structure:
The certificate program will be a 50 hour course for two weeks having two modules:
Negotiation: (25 Hours)
This intensive skills class will cover the basic foundations for effective deal-making in the international community: understanding your bargaining style, setting goals in negotiation, using legal and extra-legal standards in negotiation, nurturing relationships critical to negotiation success, and maximizing leverage to conclude a deal. Class sessions will include extensive practice in all aspects of negotiation: preparation, exchanging information, opening offers and making concessions, and closing and gaining commitment. Topics to be covered will include the tension between creating and distributing value, the communication, psychological and cultural barriers to successful negotiation, and ethics in negotiation practice.
Mediation: (25 Hours)
Through discussion, simulations, exercises and role-plays, this class will focus on the structure and goals of the mediation process and the skills and techniques mediators use to aid parties in overcoming barriers to dispute resolution. This course will continue the study of underlying negotiation orientations and strategies, but in the context of how they are confronted and employed by mediators. The class will examine the roles of attorneys and clients in mediation, dealing with difficult people and power imbalances, cultural considerations, and ethical issues for lawyers and mediators. After an initial focus on the work of mediators, the course will also critically examine different approaches to effective mediation representation.
** This course is not a regular program and is
offered by IIAM on Institutional or group
request.
For further details mail to training@arbitrationindia.com
