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Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University J.D. Concentration Alternative Dispute Resolution

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

J.D. Concentration Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Key Summary

    About: The J.D. Concentration in Alternative Dispute Resolution focuses on equipping students with essential skills in negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. This concentration prepares students for careers in conflict resolution, emphasizing practical experience and a comprehensive understanding of dispute resolution processes.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue roles as mediators, arbitrators, dispute resolution consultants, or attend law school-focused careers that center on collaborative law practices. They might also engage in roles within organizations that emphasize conflict management and negotiation strategies.

Introduction

Students enrolled in the ADR Concentration will receive instruction and training intended to expand their understanding of the role of the lawyer outside of the traditional adversarial litigation setting and expose them to lawyering skills essential to current legal practice.

Professor Baruch Bush will serve as the faculty concentration advisor for this Concentration. Concentration faculty advisors may modify the Concentration requirements in exceptional circumstances upon notice to the Dean.

Guidance from a students concentration faculty advisor is an important element of successful completion of the Concentration. A concentration faculty advisor must approve a students enrollment in the Concentration. Students should meet with their advisor as soon as they find themselves interested in the Concentration, but in no event later than the course selection deadline for their fourth semester of study (or fifth semester of study for part-time students). An advisor may permit a student to enroll in the Concentration at a later date, but only after determining that the student can realistically meet the requirements of the Concentration prior to graduation.

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