LLAW9603 Dispute Resolution

This topic will introduce students to the nature of conflict in a legal environment, dispute management as a broad concept and provide an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of dispute resolution including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, litigation and other alternatives.

This topic aims to:

• Provide students with an ability to think critically about the management of disputes
• Provide students with the knowledge to analyse disputes from a range of theoretically and practically informed perspectives; and
• Provide students with the skills to apply a range of dispute management techniques, particularly those relevant to negotiation and mediation

1. Appraise the role and various methods of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society
2. Discuss their own professional judgment in the context of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society
3. Critique complex legal issues through legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate jurisprudential and practical responses to legal issues in the context of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society
4. Combine sophisticated cognitive and creative skills with critical analysis when approaching legal issues in the context of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society
5. Justify and interpret theoretical propositions, legal methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions in the context of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society using intellectual and practical skills
6. Discuss dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation, in society in effective, appropriate and persuasive ways using various communication methods for legal and non-legal audiences while exhibiting high levels of autonomy, accountability and professionalism