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78175 Negotiation

8cp
Requisite(s): ( 78100c Postgraduate Legal Research OR ((102 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04236 Juris Doctor OR 102 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04250 Juris Doctor Master of Business Administration)))
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Anti-requisite(s): 77745 Negotiation

Description

Negotiation is an essential subject for law students. It is arguable that lawyers spend more time negotiating than they do anything else. Lawyers negotiate with clients and for clients, with their employers and employees, colleagues, with lawyers for the other side (and their support staff), with the court system, with the judicial officer and with their families. Understanding how to negotiate fairly and effectively is likely to be more important to the future life and career of a legal professional than any other skill.

This subject brings together current theories and practice in negotiation skills and analysis with an emphasis on identifying effective negotiation strategies. It is taught in a three-day intensive block which is designed to provide a participatory and engaging workshop-based approach to learning and applying negotiation theory and skills followed by a single day assessment seminar. Many diverse approaches to negotiation are covered, with a primary focus on 'principled negotiation' as taught by the Harvard Law School's Project on Negotiation.

Students practise and develop their negotiation skills and understanding through simulated role-plays and exercises focused around distributive and integrative bargaining, principled negotiation theory and practice and the challenges of complex multi-party and multi-disciplinary negotiations and e-negotiations. Negotiation practice is further cultivated through a student-developed scenario and evaluation checklist to measure the effectiveness of a simulated negotiation process and its outcomes. Through role-plays and debriefs, students have continuous opportunities to receive feedback from peers and teaching staff. Finally, students demonstrate effective and appropriate written communication and the ability to analyse, research, and persuade in a research essay.


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