Dispute Resolution and Legal Process LL.M. Specialization

Welcome!

Hastings' Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution works with the Office of International & Graduate Programs to provide the Dispute Resolution and Legal Process LL.M. Specialization for foreign students.  By specializing in Dispute Resolution, LL.M. students can take advantage of the many courses and other learning opportunities that CNDR offers.

Courses

Required

LL.M students are required take either Negotiation & Settlement (3 units) OR Negotiation & Mediation: Process & Practice (4 units) to obtain the Dispute Resolution LL.M. Specialization.  Both of these courses provide theoretical background to Alternative Dispute Resolution, with multiple opportunities for interactive learning through role plays, discussions, video presentations and writing assignments.  It is recommended that LL.M. students enroll in one of these courses their first semester at Hastings, as they are the prerequisite for many of our elective and advanced courses.  LL.M students must take a total of 12 credits for the completion of the specialization.

Elective & Advanced

Advanced Dispute Resolution: Complex Multiparty Processes
Advanced Dispute Resolution: Conflict, Emotion, Mindfulness & "Lie Detection"
Advanced Dispute Resolution: Culture, Identity & Discrimination
Advanced Negotiation: The Art of the Deal
Alternative Dispute Resolution Board
Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar
Arbitration
Civil Procedure II
Civil Justice Mediation Clinic
Dispute System Design
Effective Representation in Mediation
Facilitation for Attorneys
Intercollegiate ADR Competitions
International Commercial Arbitration Seminar
International Negotiation & Dispute Settlement
Judicial Settlement Conference
Mediation
Problem Solving & Professional Judgment in Practice
Roles & Ethics in Practice
For more information about these courses, please see Classes & Clinics

Practicum

CNDR offers a variety of opportunities to its students to study dispute resolution processes from a practical as well as theoretical perspective.

ADR Externship Program

Civil Justice Mediation Clinic

Intercollegiate ADR Competitions

Research Assistant positions - In any given semester, CNDR conducts scholarly and programatic research.  Depending on the nature of the project, CNDR hires students for pay or for units to work as Research Assistants.  These positions are generally available at the end of the semester, for the next term, or at the beginning of the semester for the same term.  If interested, please contact cndr@uchastings.edu.