Alternative Dispute Resolution

LEX 7016-001, CRN 25530

Exam Talk.
- Final grades are now submitted. The exam scores range from a high of 44 out of 50 to a low of 31. The median score was 36. The exam and some notes on the answers are posted below. No post mortems, please, until you have re-read the exam and reviewed my answers. Bluebooks should be available on the table in front of my secretary's desk after Wednesday, June 6. I will be in the office that day and perhaps one or two more days over the summer (no schedule).
- Weighing of Exam, etc. The exam counts approximately 50% of the grade. The rest is approximately 25% for Journals (see table below) and 25% for participation in role playing exercises (see table below). Attendance on role-playing days is mandatory.
Introductory Memo, Jan. 5, 2007

Syllabus, Feb. 20, 2007
Attendance (revised April 18)
Journal Assignments (revised March 26, 2007)
- Journals Received (March 27, 11 a.m.)
Class #1: Al and Sandy's Breakup
Class #2: Sunflower Negotiation
- Video --- Avoiding 50-50 split (Rockford)
- Video --- Getting 50-50 split (Rockford)
Class #3: Prado Scoot Negotiation
Class #4: Tamalpais Concession Negotiation
Class #5: Cubit Properties Negotiation
- Link to ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (2004) (note Rule 4.1:"a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact" .)
- Link to Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct (note Rule 4.1: "a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact".)
Class #6: Save the Last Dance (Mediation)
- Video
Class #8: Role Play Exercise, Claudia v. PMG (all roles) (Mediation).
- Video
Class #9: Role Play Exercise, Waltham Construction (all roles) (Mediation).
- Video 10
- Video 11
Class #10: Role Play Exercise, Lynn and Mike Divorce (all roles) (Mediation).
- Video 12 (This is the video to comment on in Journal assignment #4).
- Video 13 (Example of Lynn-Mike Divorce --- not for Journal)
- Brief Legal Notes on Family Law and Divorce
Class #12: Arbitration Exercise, Megamusic-Rodriguez Contract.
- Megamusic Facts
- Individual Sides Table (Megamusic or Rodriguez)
- Note: In preparing your Journal entry for the April 5 class, see which side you are on from the above table and prepare a checklist for negotiating the dispute resolution clause of the Megamusic contract for your client.

A Student's Guide to Tax Courses at Wayne Law School, by Professor Michael J. McIntyre (Some information and advice about the tax offerings at the Law School for students considering law school courses in the tax field).

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