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823 INTERDISCIPLINARY CHILD WELFARE (ICW) : The Interdisciplinary Child Welfare course will provide law students and graduate level social work students with a foundation of mutual understanding of legal and sociological principles in child welfare work and strategies for effective multidisciplinary practice among child-serving professionals. Students in the ICW course will gain a basic understanding of the legal concepts related to children and families, child development theory, family dynamics, ethical considerations of interdisciplinary practice, and practical, interdisciplinary exercises and problem-solving opportunities. This course is open to law students and graduate social work students.
968 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS : We will offer International Human Rights as a one-week intensive course July 27th—July 31st, 2009. The class is two credits and will meet from 8:00 am to 1:10 pm p.m. Monday through Friday. The final exam will be on Saturday, August 1st at 1:00 p.m. The last day to drop and receive a refund is March 18, 2009. This course fulfills the perspective requirement. NOTE: Students enrolling in the summer intensive format version of this course are not to work during the course. Last day to drop and receive a refund is July 27, 2009.
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813 LABOR & EMPLOYMENT ARBRITATION : The origin and development of labor arbitration. Examines state and federal labor arbitration laws, arbitration rules, and major arbitration decisions. Also includes the mechanics of the arbitration process and evidential and due process issues. This course usually concludes with a mock arbitration hearing, including the writing of a brief for arbitration and an arbitration opinion.
825 ADOPTION LAW: This course will explore issues re lating to adoption law. The course content will include the historical background of the American law of adoption , adoption pr oc ed ure , parental consent to adoption , termination of parental rights , choosing an adoptive family, the Indian Child Welfare Act , rac e and sexual orientation issues in adoption , interstate dim ensions of adoption , and wrongful adoption.
900 ELECTRONIC LEGAL RESEARCH : The Electronic Legal Research is an intensive course that meets the Saturday and Sunday before spring semester begins (May 16 & 17 from 9 a.m.—5 p.m.) . Attendance at every class for the full duration of class is mandatory. Class preparation is required for each day. A research pathfinder paper will be due in June. The last day to drop Electronic Legal Research and receive a refund is Friday, May 15, 2009. There are no exceptions to this policy!
903 BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS : This course is designed for students who have taken the Negotiation course and wish to learn about the use of negotiation in the business environment. A student who completes this course will acquire: a comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of business negotiation necessary for successful negotiation in business; the skills and abilities necessary to engage successfully in negotiation in various business and organization settings; an understanding of how the discipline of law relates to business negotiation; the ability to identify problems, create solutions, innovate, and improve current practices in business negotiations; and the ability to think creatively to reach mutually satisfactory negotiated outcomes in business. This course will be taught in a Distance Learning Format. The last day to drop and receive a refund is August 10, 2009.
904 NEGOTIATION: Selected materials in negotiation, the process by which lawyers resolve 90% of their clients' legal problems. Topics include selecting appropriate strategies for a particular negotiation, planning for a negotiation, and implementing strategy, selecting tactics and considering ethical issues of misrepresentation and zealous advocacy. NOTE: Students enrolling in the summer intensive format version of this course are not to work during the course. Classes run from 8:00 AM to 1:10 PM every day from Monday through Friday. August 3 - August 7. The final exam will be held on Saturday, August 8 at 9:00 a.m.
905 ARBRITATION: An examination of the use of arbitration as an alternate adjudicative process. The course will discuss all aspects of arbitration , including compulsory arbitration, arbitration clauses , the Federal Arbitration Act , post-hearing processes for formal arbitration, and public policy issues .
911 DIVORCE MEDIATION: Divorce Mediation will be offered July 27—July 31, with Professor Massucci. Classes run from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM every day from Monday through Friday. A final exam is given on Saturday August 1 at 9:00 a.m. Mediation in the domestic/divorce arena combines a thorough understanding of the basic skills of mediation with the substantive knowledge of the relevant issues on divorce such as custody, visitation, support and property division. The student will receive education and training that will explore these areas as well as provide the necessary educational requirements to comply with the standard divorce/domestic mediation certification. This course complies with Ohio Supreme Court requirements for a 40 hour course.
913 HEALTH CARE & DISPUTE RESOLUTION : This course seeks to offer a framework fo r understanding dispute resolution in healthcare by providing a historical perspective on American healthcare 's evolution to its present structure . It identifies major players interacting in the current American healthcare setting, highlights key components in healthcare dispute resolution, underscores ethical considerations endemic to healthcare, and anticipates future evolution in health care and dispute resolution. An examination of the use of dispute resolution in the health care industry with emphasis on issues of mediating bioethica1 disputes such as how much care to provide, the allocation of scare recourses, death and dying, the suspension of care , the interaction of the family and the health care provider, medical ethics , including a review of case studies of different existing models of dispute resolution currently being used and an examination of emerging and future issues affecting dispute resolution in the health care indust ry .
