Overview
General principles and practices of mediation with a focus on familiarising students with theory and research on mediation and developing students’ practical mediation skills.
About this paper
| Paper title | Mediation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1000 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $820.40 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Teaching staff
Timetable
Overview
General principles and practices of mediation with a focus on familiarising students with theory and research on mediation and developing students’ practical mediation skills.
About this paper
| Paper title | Mediation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 96 LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Contact
- More information link
- Teaching staff
- Textbooks
All course readings for this paper are provided by the Faculty on Aoroa
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Give an effective mediator’s opening statement.
- Listen to and recap parties’ statements.
- Construct a topic list for the mediation.
- Reframe.
- Reality test.
- Demonstrate skills for defusing tense and potentially violent situations.
- Facilitate resolution of the parties’ conflict.
Students should be familiar with interest-based dispute resolution and the international literature on mediation and mediation ethics, and be able to apply this information in critiquing a mediator’s performance.