Fifteen credits are required for the Certificate
in Dispute Resolution (CDR). Law students must complete 9 DIRS
credits to earn the certificate; of these 9 credits, six must
be DIRS 203 Mediation and DIRS 207 Advanced Mediation. To earn the joint CDR, a law student will be required to take the following courses:
Course #
|
Course Name
|
DIRS 203
|
Mediation (Soeka) (3cr.) |
| DIRS 207 |
Advanced Mediation (Gibson) (3cr.) |
| LAW |
Mediation Clinic (Geske) (2-3 cr.) |
| |
OR |
| LAW |
Supervised Field Work (Geske) (1-3 credits) |
| |
OR |
| DIRS 210 |
Practicum in Dispute Resolution (1-3 cr.) |
| |
|
| Two of the following courses: |
| DIRS 200 |
Dispute Resolution Theory (Bellman) (3cr.) |
| |
OR |
| DIRS 201 |
Advanced Issues in Dispute Resolution (Geske) (3cr.) |
| |
OR |
LAW Elective
|
An elective Law course from a set list as approved by both the Center for Dispute Resolution and the Law School (3 credits)
|
A law student must complete 6 LAW credits and 9
DIRS credits to
earn the joint certificate. There is no early or late date for
pursuing the certificate. Some law students may come to the Law School
having already decided to pursue the certificate.
A student might
wait until he/she has completed some Law School courses and
then decide to seek admission to the Graduate School in order
to earn
the certificate. The only requirement in this respect is that
the student cannot wait so long that it becomes mathematically
impossible to complete the requirements of both programs in
four years (six years for part-time students).
Law students must
complete
a Graduate School application, but only the first two sections;
they do not need to submit test scores, transcripts or letters
of recommendation.
