Course Description

In-class, simulation-based training, including interactive training on the mediation process, the role and competencies of the mediator, ethical and regulatory rules governing mediation, and a series of specific topics of mediation practice.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate students. Law students are professional students, not undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris Doctor courses.

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Athena Title

Mediation Practicum

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in JURI 5975E or JURI 7975E

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall, spring and summer

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Following completion of this course, students will be able to competently act as mediators with knowledge of all ethical and regulatory guidelines.
• This course is designed to satisfy the requirements of the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution (GODR) for the training of court-certified mediators.

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Topical Outline

• Students will begin with introduction to small claims court and to the primary legal issues.
• Students will engage in solo mediation of selected cases in the Clarke County Magistrate Court.
• Students will engage in weekly two-hour class sessions which will combine in-depth assessments of completed cases and integrated discussions of readings in mediation theory and practice.
• Students will engage in advanced readings on mediation and dispute resolution theory.
• Students will engage in regular periodic reflective writing in the form of two journals and a learning appraisal.

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