Mediation Seminar

1 Credit · Level: Undergraduate

Mediation, a collaborative process for resolving disputes, helps parties avoid litigation and come to a mutually agreeable solution. This interactive, simulation-based course will raise your awareness of your own approach to conflict, introduce theories about mediation and participatory processes, and will help you build skills necessary for managing conflict. Whether you are planning to be an attorney, policy advisor or entrepreneur, this program will help you build essential active listening and consensus building tools. The hands-on nature of this class provides participants with an opportunity to work closely with each other and with the instructor. Students in this course may have the opportunity to observe live court-based mediations in the D.C. court system.