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Negotiation and the Lawyer

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 November 2020
End Date: Sunday, 29 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 13 November 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 20 November 2020

Description

Theory and practice of negotiation, lawyers' roles and professional responsibility.

The purpose of the paper is to provide students with a “starter course” in client interviewing, negotiation and mediation.

The focus of the course will be to provide students with knowledge and some of the practical skills that they will need when they commence practising law in the areas of civil/commercial negotiation and mediation.

The course, which will run from 9-18 November 2020 will be intensive and students expected to do extra reading and work to prepare for the assessments outside of the teaching hours of 10am-4pm.

Learning Outcomes

  • The objectives of the course will include:
  •  Familiarising the students with the theory of client interviewing, negotiation and mediation;
  • Teaching the students some practical skills in client interviewing, negotiation and mediation;
  •  The practical skills component of the course will include questioning techniques, advocacy skills and preparing documents such as file notes recording client interviews and litigation risk assessments. The students will also learn the relevant rules of professional responsibility;
  •  The practical skills will be delivered through the students working on practising client interviews, problem scenarios, participating in a negotiation role play and preparing a written litigation risk assessment for a mediation; and
  •  The assessments for the course will reflect the significant emphasis on knowledge and skills.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Restrictions

LAWS369 (prior to 2006)

Co-requisites

Lecturer

Brendan Cullen

Assessment

There will be assessments for each part of the course content (client interviewing, negotiation and mediation.  The assessment details will be advised at the start of the course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $822.00

International fee $4,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 24

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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