The University of Montana School of Law

Adjunct Professor Klaus Sitte

The Negotiation Competition, sponsored by the American Bar Association Law Student Division, is designed to have competitors learn and employ interest-based negotiation principles, focusing on interests, not positions. The UM team is coached by Adjunct Faculty member Klaus Sitte, the former Executive Director of Montana Legal Services Association and now Director of Students at UMLS.

Team members are selected during a competitive process in the fall of each academic year. Team members petition the faculty for one to two credits. Once credit is granted, team members must retroactively add the course. Students selected for the Negotiation Team register fall semester in Law 642. Students receiving credit for the Negotiation competition may not also register and receive credit for the Negotiations course.

All three 2007 Negotiation Teams advance to final round of Regional Competition; one team competes at national level. Read the full story.

2007 Region 10 Champions
Thad Seegmiller, Nicole Baratta, and Coach Klaus Sitte