CLI-1060: Clinic: Mediation

The Mediation Clinic provides students with an opportunity to use and develop their facilitative mediation skills by serving as mediators in Ramsey County Conciliation and Housing Courts and community mediations through the Dispute Resolution Center (DRC). Students will also have the opportunity to assist the DRC in case development. Students will begin by observing Conciliation and Housing Court and mediation sessions and advance to participating as co-mediators, and ultimately as independent mediators, all under supervision. The clinic will be composed of approximately 40-45 hours of in-court (or community) casework; 30 hours of reflective and out-of-class work; and 18 hours of in-class time. Registration is by consent of the instructor. Contact Professor Sharon Press, sharon.press@mitchellhamline.edu for pre-approval. The classroom component for this clinic meets remotely and synchronously. In addition, students must have some availability during the day to provide mediation services. This clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/mediation-clinic/ Course meets remotely and synchronously. Remote synchronous courses are considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses."A distance education course is one in which students are separated from all faculty members for more than one-third of the instruction and the instruction involves the use of technology to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and all faculty members, either synchronously or asynchronously. Source: ABA Standards Definition (7) and 306. PreReq:LAW- 2015 Take LAW-3220 OR LAW- 3430 as additional PreReq