Alternative Dispute Resolution Society - AU Washington College of Law

Calendar of Events for Spring 2008

News and Announcements:

WCL is proud to announce that it sent two teams to this year's ABA Regional Representation in Mediation Competition on March 4th. Sebastian Astrada and Whitney Robinson won the regional competition and represented WCL at the national competition where they advanced to the final round. The national competition was held in Atlanta this past April. This competition, in which law students role-play as advocates and clients in a mediation setting, measures how well students model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation and provides students with a valuable opportunity to experience the mediation process.

This Spring the ADR Society and WCL will be hosting the ABA Regional Representation in Mediation Competition as well as sending our own team.

WCL will also send a team to the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition this November.

An Intra-School Negotiations Competition was held in September to determine which students will be eligible to compete in next year's competitions. A similar competition will be held during the fall semester of each year to select teams for that year's competitions.

More details to be announced:

Spring 2008

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Society is a student organization dedicated to promoting student interest in ADR at the Washington College of Law. The Society serves to help students gain an understanding of and promote the use of ADR as an effective alternative to litigation. The group provides students with the opportunity to hear from prominent ADR experts in the field and to participate in local mediation trainings and competitions. The Society also participates in events sponsored by ADR groups at other area law schools.

Email: adr@wcl.american.edu.

Accomplishments:

Since the ADR Society began in September of 2004:

Three new adjunct ADR professors have been hired.

One new section of Lawyer Bargaining has been added.

Two new sections of the ADR course have been added.

A coach has been hired to train teams entering the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition in March and the ABA Negotiations Competition in November.

WCL's team won the regional Mediation Competition and advanced to the final round of the national competition in Atlanta in April.

In September of 2006, twelve students participated in an Intra-School Negotiations Competition for spots on this year's regional ABA Negotiation and Mediation competition.

A team has been chosen to go to the ICC International Mediation Competition in Paris in February 2007.

Fifteen WCL students have participated in AU's free 20-hour basic mediation training and are now certified mediators.

The students and faculty have joined together and continue to work to add a mediation and arbitration seminar for the 2007-08 academic year.

Take a peek at the newsletters that we have published! We have the following editions available:

Spring 2005

Fall 2005

Spring 2006

Fall 2006

Board Members for 2007-2008

Alisa Tschorke, President

Nicholas Manzione, Treasurer

Matt Trumble, Mediation and Negotiation Team Leader

Kelly Liggett, Newsletter Staff

Kevin Rosenthal, Board Member

Please take a look at the ADR Society Constitution to learn more about our group's mission.

Useful ADR Websites

The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. http://www.abanet.org/dispute

American Arbitration Association. www.adr.org.

The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). www.acresolution.org.

The National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution (NIACR). www.niacr.org.

Northern Virginia Mediation Service (NVMS). www.gmu.edu/departments/nvms

www.mediate.com.

The Conflict Resolution Information Source. www.crinfo.org .