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Dispute Resolution Concentration Track

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Program Requirements

Writing Requirement

  • A paper written as part of B598G ADR Seminar

    OR
  • A paper written as part of B599E Jury Trial Seminar

    OR
  • A faculty-supervised Law E500 Advanced Writing Project on a dispute resolution topic approved by a Faculty Advisor

Course Requirements

Not all courses will be available each year

At least three of the following Foundational Courses:

  1. B503 Evidence (4, 5 or 6 credits)
  2. B520 Trial Advocacy (3-6 credits)
  3. B523 Negotiations (3-4 Variable credits)
  4. B525 Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 credits)
  5. B533 Interviewing and Counseling for Lawyers (2 credits)

At least three of the following Advanced Courses:

  1. B519 Pre-Trial Practice (3 credits)
  2. B518 Appellate Advocacy (2 credits) or E521 Advanced Trial Advocacy (3 credits)
  3. B521 Trial Advocacy II (6 credits)
  4. E516 Advanced Criminal Procedure (4 credits)
  5. B500 Civil Procedure II (3 credits)
  6. B506 Conflicts of Laws (3 credits)
  7. B507 Federal Courts and the Federal System (4 credits)
  8. B538 International Civil Litigation
  9. B598G ADR Seminar
  10. B599E Jury Trial Seminar
  11. E546 International Commercial Arbitration

At least one of the following Applied Courses:

  1. B526 Mediation Clinic (7 credits)
  2. B528 Unemployment Compensation Law Clinic (8 credits)
  3. B531 Immigration Law Clinic (8 credits)
  4. E524 Child Advocacy Clinic (12 credits)
  5. E529 Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic (12 credits)
  6. E566 Innocence Project Northwest Clinic (10 credits)
  7. T526 Federal Tax Clinic (6-9 Variable credits)
  8. B538-539 Externship (only if clinics are full and for a minimum of 8 credits)
  9. E592 Federal Appellate Advocacy