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Clinic News

Experimental Interdisciplinary Course Introduces Graduate Students to Negotiation

Posted November 29, 2010

Multiparty Negotiation and Facilitation, a course required for the certificate in Natural Resources Conflict Resolution, prepares students to effectively engage in multiparty negotiation on natural resource and environmental issues. The course is next offered in the spring 2011 semester.

The course is taught by a team of faculty from varied disciplines including Forestry, Sociology, Communication Studies, Law, and Environmental Studies. Law Professors Eduardo Capulong and Bill Corbett, who teach mediation and negotiation courses in the School of Law, are part of the faculty team.

Mediation Clinic Celebrates ABA National Mediation Month

Posted November 29, 2010

In conjunction with activities across the country, the Mediation Clinic celebrated National Mediation Month with the American Bar Association on October 20, 2010—an outreach effort geared towards educating the bar, law students and the public about alternative dispute resolution.

Clinic interns tabled throughout the day and led a mock mediation for about 50 law students at lunchtime.  In addition, the Montana Mediation Association held a workshop on child support guidelines for parenting plan mediations, which was attended by 15 practitioners in the area.  Capping the day was a panel discussion on appellate mediation with Montana Supreme Court Justice William Leaphart, ABA Dispute Resolution Section Chair Wayne Thorpe (who drove all the way from Yellowstone!), Montana State Bar Executive Director Chris Manos, and School of Law Dean Irma Russell.  The Clinic held a reception that evening, which the participants, including Justice Court Judge Karen Orzech, attended.

Mediation Clinic Completes Report of the Appellate Mediation Program of the Montana Supreme Court

Posted May 12, 2010

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Professor Eduardo Capulong Accepts Grant for Mediation Clinic

Posted July 30, 2009

ACCTM Fellow Tracy Axelberg (UM Law '86) and his wife Lynn of Kalispell, Montana with Professor Eduardo Capulong

The American College of Civil Trial Mediators selected The University of Montana School of Law’s Mediation Clinic as the recipient of its 2009 grant award. ACCTM Fellow and UM alumnus Tracy Axelberg presented the award, which is aimed at continuing the study and practice of alternative dispute resolution and provide training to students in mediation practice serving the Missoula community, to Clinic Director Eduardo Capulong at the group’s annual meeting in Banff June 13. “It’s an honor to be recognized by such a prestigious organization,” said Professor Capulong. “The grant will extend the Clinic’s work on many fronts, and we’re excited to work with the leaders of the profession.” 

The ACCTM is a non-profit organization of professionals distinguished by their experience, skill, ethical standards, and professional commitment to mediation, conflict management, and alternative dispute resolution. Learn more about the organization by visiting their web site at http://acctm.org.