Mediation Clinic - Advanced

L02.2539/2540 Professor Sarah E. Burns Professor Ray Kramer Open to 3L and 2L students Maximum of 16 students		Spring semester 5 Credits* Pre-requisite: Satisfactory completion of Mediation Clinic in Fall 2007 or Fall 2008.

The Purpose of the Mediation Clinic- Advanced
The Advanced Mediation Clinic is designed to foster mediation skills, orient students to major issues in the intersection between law and informal dispute resolution and familiarize students with challenges of mediation and other alternative dispute regulation (ADR) service delivery in various contexts.

Course Description
This advanced course is designed to teach mediation skills to be exercised as part of problem solving in legal institutions and promote effective use and development of ADR interventions. Because the course is based upon an experiential learning model, attendance and participation are essential. The Spring course, which will only be open to students who have taken the Mediation Clinic in either Fall 2007 or Fall 2008, is designed to give students fieldwork experience with different mediation and other ADR contexts.

The Seminar
The Spring seminar meets once a week for two hours with a focus upon identifying and resolving issues arising 1) during actual mediations and 2) in design, regulation and delivery of mediation or ADR services. Students will be required to identify and monitor a specific ADR service-delivery setting and report upon observations in class. In final satisfaction of the Spring seminar requirements students complete two short (5-10 pages) or one long (10-20 pages) individual research paper(s) on an issue in mediation or ADR service delivery. Students may propose paper topics to satisfy the substantial writing credit, which work may be completed with the professors’ approval as Directed Research.  

Fieldwork
For Spring fieldwork, students will work at/with a mediation or ADR service organization in the City. Organizational placements for the Spring 2006 or 2007 included, for example, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Community Mediation Services (Family Court), Safe Horizons, Manhattan Civil Court and International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Fieldwork will also include continued residence and employment mediation as opportunities arise.

As part of the guided learning, students will be required to submit weekly journal entries reflecting upon their observations and experiences in field work, mediation and training.

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Application Procedure
Students who wish to apply to the Advanced Mediation Clinic should submit via CAMS the standard application, résumé and unofficial transcript. Please contact Mr. Ivey at 212-998-6474 or ray.ivey@nyu.edu if you have any questions.

Student Contacts
Interested students might wish to contact current or former Clinic students, including:

Mediation - Fall 2007               Bobbie Andelson               Stephen Dana Argeris               Liron Brish               Carl Duffield               Kelly Giddens               Ron Hagiz               Catherine Hammack               Sarah Catherine Harris               Jillian Haynal               Jessica Lau               Adam Mendelowitz               Michael Joseph. S. Moran               Jessica Rosen               Rachel Rosenbaum               Sarah Stoller               Josh Warren               Eva Wheeler

Advanced Mediation - Spring 2008 Bobbie Andelson Liron Brish Carl Duffield Ron Hagiz Catherine Hammack Michael Joseph S.Moran Alexander Rea Nadya Salcedo

* 5 credits includes 3 clinical (fieldwork) credits and 2 academic credits in Spring 2009.