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Georgetown-Hewlett
Program in Conflict Resolution and Legal Problem Solving
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With the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Georgetown University Law Center has created the Georgetown-Hewlett Program in Conflict Resolution and Legal Problem Solving, designed to further our knowledge and practice of conflict resolution at all levels of human interaction in the legal arena. The program offers an LL.M degree-granting fellowship program for one or two candidates each year, who teach and write in the field of dispute resolution. Fellows assist in the teaching of such Georgetown Law Center courses as Negotiation, Mediation, Multi-Party Dispute Resolution, Alternative Dispute Resolution: Theory, Practice and Policy, Arbitration, and ADR in Litigation, among others, all of which have both theoretical and simulation/practicum components. Fellows then develop their own courses in applications of conflict resolution theory and practice to particular substantive areas of law and legal problem solving, such as local government law and processes, international law, public interest law, environmental law, corporate decision-making and governance, education law, ethics and professional responsibility, consumer and commercial law and intellectual property, among others. Hewlett Fellows also undertake research and writing on dispute resolution to further the knowledge base of the field, including studies of public and private processes of dispute management, at local, national and international levels of analysis and drawing from the social sciences (political science, sociology, psychology, economics and anthropology) as well as law and legal studies. The Fellows for 2002-2004 are Peter Reilly and Palma Strand. Applications for the 2003-2004 academic year will be due March 30, 2003. An application consists of (1) A letter of interest describing experience in the field, and research and teaching interests; (2) A curriculum vita; (3) An official law school transcript; and (4) A list of references. The Hewlett Program also sponsors public lectures and other scholarly events in the dispute resolution field, including presentations by such national and international figures as Dennis Ross, U.S. Negotiator for the Mid-East (at Camp David), Lawrence Susskind (of the Consensus Building Institute and MIT) and George Mitchell (a Georgetown alumnus and mediator for the Northern Ireland peace talks). Georgetown-CPR Commission on Ethics and Standards in ADR The Georgetown-CPR Commission on Ethics and Standards in ADR (also funded by the Hewlett Foundation) produces ethics standards, reports and articles on the ethics issues in the field and is one of the leading voices for best practices and quality standards in this new and growing field. The Commission has produced many publications in the ethics area of legal practice, most of which are available at www.cpradr.org . The program is directed by Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow , a national expert in the field of alternative dispute resolution. She has designed a broad ranging curriculum in the field of dispute resolution. In addition to the wide variety of courses taught at Georgetown in the dispute resolution field, many members of the faculty are internationally renowned scholars in fields with dispute resolution emphases (including international law, human rights, trade law, environmental law, administrative law and regulation and public interest work). For a list of publications, see Faculty Listings on the Georgetown webpage. In addition, students in both the J.D. and LL.M. programs have opportunities to practice dispute resolution skills in classes, student-run exercises and in internships and clinical settings in the D.C. area.
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