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Master of Laws (LLM) in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (NDR)

Master the essential skills of negotiation, mediation, and collaborative problem-solving to advance your career as an effective advocate and dispute resolution professional.

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Program Overview

Today’s lawyers must be versed in negotiation, problem-solving, collaboration, and creative dispute resolution. As a long-standing leader in NDR education, WashU Law is an excellent place to pursue a specialty in this area of law. 

An LLM focused on NDR prepares practicing lawyers to further their careers as effective and skilled negotiators, advocates, mediators, arbitrators, diplomats, ombudspersons, practitioners, policymakers, and business leaders in local, national, and international arenas. Negotiation and dispute resolution have grown considerably over the past 40 years and are now the primary vehicles for legal dispute resolution in almost every area of legal practice in almost every country in the world.

Why WashU Law?

WashU Law has a robust NDR Program with an extensive curriculum including courses, seminars, internships, and competitions. The university’s top-ranked social work and business schools also offer related NDR courses. 

Our distinguished faculty includes full-time faculty members with expertise in psychology, business, economics, and international human rights, who teach, write, and practice in the field of dispute resolution. The NDR Program also includes adjunct faculty who are top local practitioners with expertise in various NDR fields.

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Candidates for the LLM degree must have graduated from an accredited US law school or have earned a law degree from a foreign country. For lawyers in practice, we also consider relevant work experience and a demonstrated interest in the field.

Interested candidates must submit:

  1. An application
  2. Official academic transcripts (in English) from all undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools attended, whether or not a degree was awarded, with class rank

For program admissions questions, contact Professor Jim Reeves. For curriculum information, contact Professor Karen Tokarz, Director, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Program.