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Negotiation & Dispute Resolution

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Transform conflicts into productive solutions.

Develop advanced negotiation and mediation skills through our dispute resolution law courses that prepare you to resolve complex conflicts across local, national, and international settings.

  • 20+ specialized courses from Advanced Negotiation to International Commercial Arbitration
  • Leading research through scholarship roundtables and international symposiums
  • Dual JD/NDR LLM degree program and certificate options

Course List

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Law Courses

Our upper-level courses in negotiation and dispute resolution include a range of options. Related clinics and/or externships are marked with an asterisk. Not all courses are offered every year—consult with faculty for guidance on which courses best fit your goals.

  • Advanced Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • Arbitration Theory and Practice
  • Business Lawyering: Listening, Writing and Negotiation
  • Business Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • Civil Rights, Community Justice & Mediation Clinic*
  • Comparative Business Negotiation, Theory and Practice
  • Contract Drafting and Negotiation
  • Contract Management and Negotiation Across the Americas
  • Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • International Justice & Conflict Resolution Externship*
  • Investor State Arbitration
  • IP Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Law and Psychology
  • Mediation Theory and Practice
  • Multi-Party and Public Policy Dispute Resolution
  • Pre-Trial Practice and Settlement: Civil
  • Pre-Trial Practice and Settlement: Criminal
  • Securities Law: Litigation and Arbitration
  • State Level Lobbying
  • Transnational Litigation & Arbitration
  • Trial Practice and Procedure
Beyond the Classroom

Gain real-world experience and advanced credentials.

Our comprehensive approach to negotiation and dispute resolution extends beyond traditional coursework.

Full-time Faculty

Get to know our Negotiation & Dispute Resolution leaders.

Juan Del Valle

Director of International Programs & Lecturer in Law, International Programs

MJ Durkee

William Gardiner Hammond Professor of Law; Director, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute

Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff

Professor of Law

Peter A. Joy

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs; Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Clinic

Tomea Mersmann

Lecturer in Law

Cash Nickerson

Distinguished Teaching Professor

James Reeves

Lecturer in Law

Ann Davis Shields

Professor of Practice

Karen Tokarz

Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Policy; Director, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program and Director, Community Justice & Mediation Clinic

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