Moot Court: ABA Negotiation

School Competition

Limit: 20 students

Everyone negotiates, and lawyers negotiate more than most people. The purpose of this course is twofold: To study and practice effective negotiating strategies and techniques and to prepare students for the School ABA Negotiation Competition.

Students will study materials on negotiation, conduct negotiations, and critique recorded and actual simulations. This course requires intensive teamwork, class discussion and coordination of schedules. The negotiation scenarios simulate legal negotiations in which law students (usually acting as lawyers), negotiate a series of legal problems. The simulations consist of a common set of facts known by all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. All of the competition simulations deal with the same general topic, but the negotiation situation varies with each round and level of the competition.

Class will meet twice weekly until the School Competition.

Given the intensive class structure and schedule, the professor will not allow drops or adds after September 2nd, 2010.

Class attendance and participation in the School Competition, scheduled for Saturday, October 9th, 2010, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., is mandatory.

Between two and six students will be chosen from the School Competition to represent the law school at the Regional Competition. The Regional Competition will take place either November 13th-14th, 2010. The location of the Regional Competition this year is Willamette University Law School in Salem.

Students who compete in the Regional Competition may be eligible to receive an additional credit hour. (See Regional Competition description).

Each year the ABA Law Student Division and the Young Lawyer's Division sponsor a National Negotiation Competition. The National Competition will be held in conjunction with the ABA mid-year meeting on February 10th - 13th, 2011 in Atlanta Georgia.

This year's topic for all Negotiation Competitions is INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW.

Enrollment is limited to 20 students, a minimum of eight students necessary

The American Bar Association accreditation standards require students to regularly attend the courses in which they are registered. Lewis & Clark expects students to attend classes regularly and to prepare for classes conscientiously. Specific attendance requirements may vary from course to course. Any attendance guidelines for a given class must be provided to students in a syllabus or other written document at the start of the semester. Sanctions (e.g., required withdrawal from the course, grade adjustment, and/or a failing grade) will be imposed for poor attendance.

Regional Competition

Between two and six students will be selected from the intraschool competition to participate in the Regional Negotiation Competition to represent Northwestern School of Law to be held on November 13th-14th, 2010. The location of the Regional Competition this year is Willamette University School of Law, Salem Oregon. The selected students are eligible to add and enroll in this class after October 11th, 2010.

The winning team of the Regional Competition will advance to the National Negotiation Competition held in conjunction with the ABA mid-year meeting on February 10th - 13th, 2011 in Atlanta Georgia.

Skills†: negotiation, analysis

†Students may not earn more than four (4) credit hours in any one skill area