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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 Introduction to Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (required for all JD and NDR LLM graduates) to Advanced Negotiation to International and Domestic Business Lawyering
  • 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
  • Business Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • Commercial Lease Drafting and Negotiation in AI
  • 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
  • Domestic Arbitration, Law Theory and Practice
  • International and Domestic Business Lawyering
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • International Justice & Conflict Resolution Externship*
  • International Negotiations and Diplomacy: The Case of Climate Change
  • 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
  • Reaching Agreements Across the Americas
  • Securities Law: Litigation and Arbitration
  • State Level Lobbying
  • Transnational Litigation & Arbitration
  • Trial Advocacy Competitions
  • Trial Practice and Procedure
Beyond the Classroom

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