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Today, the vast majority of legal disputes are resolved outside the courtroom through dispute resolution. Expert negotiation, mediation and arbitration skills are absolutely vital to the practice of law in the 21st century. Dispute resolution is a part of every area of practice, from family law to business and criminal law. Indeed, even trial lawyers must be familiar with dispute resolution processes given that the overwhelming majority – over 96% in Texas -- of both civil cases and criminal cases don’t go to jury trial and are resolved through dispute resolution procedures. Texas A&M School of Law's nationally ranked Aggie Dispute Resolution Program, #1 in Texas, offers a strong, practical foundation to build these critical skills.
Regardless of practice area, lawyers are involved in the dispute resolution processes of negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Transactional lawyers negotiate contracts—and craft customized dispute resolution clauses. Lawyers involved with legislation or regulation inevitably negotiate with stakeholders and use negotiation, mediation and arbitration in enforcement actions. Litigators, both civil and criminal, negotiate constantly on behalf of their clients. Civil litigators also represent clients in mediation sessions (sometimes court-ordered, other times voluntary and private) and arbitration proceedings. Lawyers even assist their clients in designing new dispute resolution systems.
Texas A&M Law prepares its students for dispute resolution practice with a broad curriculum of courses designed to develop skills and knowledge regarding the relevant law and ethics of negotiation, mediation, arbitration and other dispute resolution processes. Every Texas A&M law student participates in a hands-on, required 1L Dispute Resolution Survey course held during the Winter semester. Students may also dive much deeper by taking advantage of dispute resolution-related symposia and other events, earning a Dispute Resolution Concentration, participating in a dispute resolution-focused Global Field Course, or serving on an ADR competition team. Finally, students enrolled in Texas A&M Law’s clinics can represent real-life clients in negotiations and mediations.
Texas A&M offers all of these opportunities due to the breadth, depth and activities of its Dispute Resolution Program faculty team. Their expertise reflects the integration of dispute resolution into many different practice areas.
Texas A&M Law expands the opportunities for students to study dispute resolution across the globe through Global Lawyering Dispute Resolution Field Studies.
Students will experience Mexico's state-owned, privately-distributed natural resources regulatory environment directly through meetings with government officials, judges, legal practitioners and community leaders. Led by Professor Guillermo Garcia in Spring 2019.
In Spring 2018, Professor Nancy Welsh and Professor Gabriel Eckstein led ten students to experience and understand regional disputes related to water and energy resource management in the Middle East. ► See student blog posts from Israel
In Spring 2018, Executive Professor Randy Gordon and Professor Guillermo Garcia introduced students to the use of international commercial arbitration, North Sea oil and gas regulations, and Brexit. ► See student blog posts from Scotland ► See students’ final white paper on transboundary hydrocarbons
The Aggie Dispute Resolution Program has released its 2019-2020 annual report. Read more
March 2020 has been a busy month for Texas A&M Law’s Dispute Resolution Program. Read more
Professor Michael Z. Green was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators, the official organization of labor and employment arbitrators in the U.S. and Canada, recognized for his scholarship and leadership activities. Read more
Due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the March 20, 2020 symposium was not held. However, the symposium authors’ articles will be published in the Texas A&M Law Review and the Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution. In November, 2020, Texas A&M’s Aggie Dispute Resolution Program began posting recorded online conversations with the symposium presenters regarding their articles and presentations. You can link to those conversations here.
► Details @ law.tamu.edu/ADRSymposium
Natural Disasters, Stakeholder Engagement and Dispute Resolution April 13, 2018 ▸ Event details ▸ News article ▸ Photo album
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