LAW 3525 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
North Terrace Campus - Winter - 2019
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code LAW 3525 Course Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinating Unit Adelaide Law School Term Winter Level Undergraduate Law (LLB) Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Intensive Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites LAW 1501 Incompatible LAW 3010 Assumed Knowledge LAW 3501 Restrictions Available to LLB students only Assessment Typically will include seminar and discussion board participation; on line and class learning exercises and role play participation; reflective journal; group class presentation; research essay. Details TBA Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Margaret Castles
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
The course will run over 5 days in the Winter Semester 2019:
Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 July 9 am - 5 pm each day
Tuesday 23; Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 July 9 am to 5 pm each day.
There will be approximately 24 hours of activities on each day of the course(practical workshops) that will be compulsory. This is a hurdle requirement for passing the subject. This is in order to ensure that Learning Outcomes 2, 4 and 6 are acheived. The dates of these activities will be provided in First Semester 2019. -
Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the social relevance and historical context of DR models in Western and other social contexts; Capacity to identify and analyse the complex drivers of dispute behaviour in the community; active reflection of the theoretical models of dispute resolution and capacity to analyse their operation in both legal and social contexts
- Capacity to engage in advanced dispute resolution systems design; Ability to adaptively apply ADR theory in varied practical contexts, including international, industrial, and socio political
- Demonstrate sophisticated understanding of the ethical and legal ethical issues surrounding Dispute Resolution models and practice, demonstrated through written verbal and roleplay communication.
- Conduct a mediation roleplay exercise in role as mediator demonstrating effective communication and dispute resolution skills.
- Apply the contextual and interpersonal dimensions of human needs theory in written verbal and active evaluation of complex ADR scenarios
- Demonstrate interpersonal and relational communication skills in diverse roleplay and evaluative exercises in workshops.
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This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1-4 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
1,2, 4, 5 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
1,2, 5, 6 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
1,2, 3 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
3-6 Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
- open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
- able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Prescribed Sourdin Alternative Dispute Resolution
Additional text books will be recommended but not required.
Reading materials, seminar guides – available on MYUNIRecommended Resources
Supplementary reading, internet and other resources as recommended in seminar guides and via MYUNI or other electronic media.Online Learning
Seminar guides, other useful material, and links to websites will be provided on MYUNI. Instructions for mediation and negotiation roleplays will be provided in MYUNI. Social media interface may also be implemented. Students may be asked to post comments or short summaries of material online for their seminar group. Discussion boards for the entire cohort and individual seminar groups will be used, as will file exchange, as appropriate, to facilitate students supporting each others’ learning process. Students are required to check MYUNI regularly to keep up to date with material announcements. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course focuses on interactive seminars and workshops of varied duration during which students will engage in a series of workshops including mediation, dispute system design, dispute system evaluation, guided discussion and problem solving, negotiation gaming, mini debate, and student led presentations.
The course will run for two days on 17 and 18 July, and for three days on 23, 24 and 25 July.
10 hours of lectures will be used to cover legal theory, audio visual presentations of process, guest lecturers, and analysis of some of the more complex areas of the course. Where possible lectures will be recorded and made available online. Lecture content (and pre reading for lectures) will be linked to seminar topics.
A detailed timetable of activities including lectures seminars and workshops will be provided before the course commences.
Attendance at approximately 18 hours of workshops will be compulsory, as active preparation for and engagement in the seminar process is central to student capacity to synthesise and evaluate the themes of the course. Attendance at seminars where students have been allocated a role play in partnership with other students is compulsory. Students will be expected to engage in self directed seminar preparation including internet research, focussed research, and investigation of different topics, and preparation for guided discussion on allocated topics. Preparation will range from reading and commenting on texts and materials, investigation of different approaches to ADR theory and practice, and may include informal evaluative inquiry of other persons, students, or organisation. This preparation will link directly to seminar programs.
The scaffolding of lectures, student led preparation and investigation, synthesis of this investigation and preparation in seminars, and student led engagement throughout the course, aims to invest students with the basic knowledge and theory of ADR, and to enable them to build on this knowledge and theory in a self directed and inquisitive manner, sharing their perspectives and conclusions with their class. Students will draw on their own and others’ research and investigation, assisted by tutors, in developing a strongly analytical evaluative approach, that supports curiosity and investigation in this varied and interesting area, as well as encouraging imaginative approaches to ADR in a local and global context whilst maintaining an ethos of robust critical evaluation.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements. The 最新糖心Vlog expects full time students to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. In addition to 36 contact hours, students can expect to complete seminar preparation in approximately 2 – 4 hours per seminar topic. This does not include preparation for small group presentation, or other assessment.Learning Activities Summary
Students will attend lectures, participate in active exercises in workshops and seminars, and engage in critical evaluation of a range of ADR processes and experiences in a range of contexts. Seminars will entail small group discussion, individual presentations and engagement, small group exercises, and the opportunity to engage in discussion with practitioners in the ADR field. -
Assessment
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- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment % of final mark Due date Task Type (Group or Individual) Redeemable? Length Course Learning Outcomes Exam 40% Takehome exam (2.5 hours)
2x short answer questions; 1x short essay; 1x opinion piece
To be negotiated with students at commencement of course. Wil not be before Friday 26 July, and may be following week.Individual No 1-6 Dispute Resolution Design assignment.Based on DSD workshop in class. Failure to attend the workshop will prevent participatoin in the assignment. 20% 5 August 10 pm 2019 (TBC) Groups of 4 No 1500 words 2, 4, 5 Essay 40% 12 August 2019 10 pm (TBC) Individual NO 2000 words 1, 2,3 Assessment Related Requirements
Students must attend and participate in all seminars each week to pass the course. Students must demonstrate preparation including completion of readings and allocated small research and investigative task, and preparation for roleplays in which they are involved. Students who fail to attend seminar in which they have a role in an interactive roleplay without prior notice (24 hours except in case of illness or emergency) without good reason will not be eligible to pass the course. The reason for this requirement is that the participation in mediation roleplays is a critically important part of this course. Students work in groups of 3 over 2 seminars (3 hours in total) which enables every student to play the role of mediator. If a student fails to attend a seminar in which they play a role, without notice, then the other two students are deprived of the activity for that seminar. For this reason, students must either attend the seminars or provide prior notice so that alternative arrangements can be madeAssessment Detail
1 20% Group Dispute System Design Exercise Groups of 4. Exercise partially completed in class and then written report submitted.
2 40% Exam (take home) 2.5 hours
3 40% Essay – 2000 words, on set topics.Submission
Late submission : When an assessment is submitted after the due date, and without an extension, 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised 5% per day for every day including weekend days and public holidays. This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed in a period of less than a week. Extensions on medical or compassionate grounds will be in accordance with 最新糖心Vlog Policy (see below). As far as practicable, each item of assessment will be returned to students within 3 weeks of submission. Assessment that forms part of mid semester assessment will be as far as practicable returned within 2 weeks of submission.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
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*automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, andof final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
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