CNDR Academics

CNDR Courses

CNDR offers a variety of dispute resolution courses from experienced professors:

• ADR Externship
• Advanced Dispute Resolution: Complex Multiparty Processes
• Advanced Negotiation: Dealmaking
• Arbitration
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar
• Culture and Negotiation
• Effective Representation in Mediation
• Facilitation for Attorneys
• International Business Negotiation
• International Commercial Arbitration Seminar
• International Negotiation and Dispute Settlement
• Lie Detection, Emotion, and Mindfulness
• Mediation
• Mediation Clinic
• Negotiation & Mediation: Process & Practice
• Negotiation & Settlement
• Online Dispute Resolution
• Problem Solving and Professional Judgment
• Restorative Justice

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Mediation Clinic

Students in the UC Law SF Mediation Clinic learn how to deal with conflict effectively, personally, and regularly. The Clinic serves as the “Mediation Department” for the Superior Court of San Francisco Small Claims Court, offering free and immediate mediation to self-represented litigants who appear for trial.

Student teams also mediate discrimination cases on behalf of the State of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, a well as observe professional mediators in a variety of cases.

In addition, through the Mediation Observation Program, Clinic students have the opportunity to shadow mediation professionals at work in local ADR organizations such as JAMS.

Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team

With tryouts held each fall, the UC Law SF Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Team (ADR Team) provides students with opportunities to develop and practice their negotiation and mediation skills on a regular basis throughout the school year competing on teams against other schools nationally and internationally.

LL.M Specialization

CNDR works with the Global Programs to provide the Dispute Resolution and Legal Process LL.M. Specialization for foreign students.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is collaboration between the Career Development Office (CDO) and the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR). Creative Commons is a regular series of events throughout the school year, designed for current UC Law SF students that focus on using creative tools to develop lawyer skills through experiential learning. Past topics include poetry, storytelling, improv, and drawing.

Healthy Conflict Resolution: A Certificate Training for Student Leaders

The shift to online learning has impacted how we communicate with each other. Much is lost when we are not face to face, and misunderstandings can happen easily. Law school is an opportunity to practice bringing differing viewpoints together, instead of diverging. This interactive two-part certificate workshop that tackles the ways we communicate with each other, and how we can more effectively engage in difficult conversations for mutual benefit. We will discuss tools and practice techniques you can use to improve your interactions and deepen understanding.

In partnership with Student Services. For Current UC Law SF Student Organization Leaders Only.