The course will run over 5 days in the Winter Semester 2019:

Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 July 9 am - 5 pm each day

Tuesday 23; Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 July 9 am to 5 pm each day.

There will be approximately 24 hours of activities on each day of the course(practical workshops) that will be compulsory. This is a hurdle requirement for passing the subject. This is in order to ensure that Learning Outcomes 2, 4 and 6 are acheived. The dates of these activities will be provided in First Semester 2019.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the social relevance and historical context of DR models in Western and other social contexts; Capacity to identify and analyse the complex drivers of dispute behaviour in the community; active reflection of the theoretical models of dispute resolution and capacity to analyse their operation in both legal and social contexts
2. Capacity to engage in advanced dispute resolution systems design; Ability to adaptively apply ADR theory in varied practical contexts, including international, industrial, and socio political
3. Demonstrate sophisticated understanding of the ethical and legal ethical issues surrounding Dispute Resolution models and practice, demonstrated through written verbal and roleplay communication.
4. Conduct a mediation roleplay exercise in role as mediator demonstrating effective communication and dispute resolution skills.
5. Apply the contextual and interpersonal dimensions of human needs theory in written verbal and active evaluation of complex ADR scenarios
6. Demonstrate interpersonal and relational communication skills in diverse roleplay and evaluative exercises in workshops. 

Prescribed Sourdin Alternative Dispute Resolution

Additional text books will be recommended but not required.

Reading materials,  seminar guides – available on MYUNI

Supplementary reading, internet and other resources as recommended in seminar guides and via MYUNI or other electronic media.

Seminar guides, other useful material, and links to websites will be provided on MYUNI. Instructions for mediation and negotiation roleplays will be provided in MYUNI. Social media interface may also be implemented. Students may be asked to post comments or short summaries of material online for their seminar group. Discussion boards for the entire cohort and individual seminar groups will be used, as will file exchange, as appropriate, to facilitate students supporting each others’ learning process. Students are required to check MYUNI regularly to keep up to date with material announcements.

This course focuses on interactive seminars and workshops of varied duration during which students will engage in a series of workshops including mediation, dispute system design, dispute system evaluation, guided discussion and problem solving, negotiation gaming, mini debate, and student led presentations.

The course will run for two days on 17 and 18 July, and for three days on 23, 24 and 25 July.

10 hours of lectures will be used to cover legal theory, audio visual presentations of process, guest lecturers, and analysis of some of the more complex areas of the course. Where possible lectures will be recorded and made available online. Lecture content (and pre reading for lectures) will be linked to seminar topics.

A detailed timetable of activities including lectures seminars and workshops will be provided before the course commences.

Attendance at approximately 18 hours of workshops will be compulsory, as active preparation for and engagement in the seminar process is central to student capacity to synthesise and evaluate the themes of the course. Attendance at seminars where students have been allocated a role play in partnership with other students is compulsory. Students will be expected to engage in self directed seminar preparation including internet research, focussed research, and investigation of different topics, and preparation for guided discussion on allocated topics. Preparation will range from reading and commenting on texts and materials, investigation of different approaches to ADR theory and practice, and may include informal evaluative inquiry of other persons, students, or organisation. This preparation will link directly to seminar programs.


The scaffolding of lectures, student led preparation and investigation, synthesis of this investigation and preparation in seminars, and student led engagement throughout the course, aims to invest students with the basic knowledge and theory of ADR, and to enable them to build on this knowledge and theory in a self directed and inquisitive manner, sharing their perspectives and conclusions with their class. Students will draw on their own and others’ research and investigation, assisted by tutors, in developing a strongly analytical evaluative approach, that supports curiosity and investigation in this varied and interesting area, as well as encouraging imaginative approaches to ADR in a local and global context whilst maintaining an ethos of robust critical evaluation.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements. The University expects full time students to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. In addition to 36 contact hours, students can expect to complete seminar preparation in approximately 2 – 4 hours per seminar topic. This does not include preparation for small group presentation, or other assessment.

Students will attend lectures, participate in active exercises in workshops and seminars, and engage in critical evaluation of a range of ADR processes and experiences in a range of contexts. Seminars will entail small group discussion, individual presentations and engagement, small group exercises, and the opportunity to engage in discussion with practitioners in the ADR field.

Assessment	% of final mark	Due date	Task Type (Group or Individual)	Redeemable?	Length	Course Learning Outcomes
Exam	40%	Takehome exam (2.5 hours) 2x short answer questions; 1x short essay; 1x opinion piece To be negotiated with students at commencement of course. Wil not be before Friday 26 July, and may be following week.	Individual	No		1-6
Dispute Resolution Design assignment.Based on DSD workshop in class. Failure to attend the workshop will prevent participatoin in the assignment.	20%	5 August 10 pm 2019 (TBC)	Groups of 4	No	1500 words	2, 4, 5
Essay	40%	12 August 2019 10 pm (TBC)	Individual	NO	2000 words	1, 2,3

Students must attend and participate in all seminars each week to pass the course. Students must demonstrate preparation including completion of readings and allocated small research and investigative task, and preparation for roleplays in which they are involved. Students who fail to attend seminar in which they have a role in an interactive roleplay without prior notice (24 hours except in case of illness or emergency) without good reason will not be eligible to pass the course. The reason for this requirement is that the participation in mediation roleplays is a critically important part of this course. Students work in groups of 3 over 2 seminars (3 hours in total) which enables every student to play the role of mediator. If a student fails to attend a seminar in which they play a role, without notice, then the other two students are deprived of the activity for that seminar. For this reason, students must either attend the seminars or provide prior notice so that alternative arrangements can be made

1 20% Group Dispute System Design Exercise Groups of 4. Exercise partially completed in class and then written report submitted. 

2 40% Exam (take home) 2.5 hours

3 40% Essay – 2000 words, on set topics. 

Late submission : When an assessment is submitted after the due date, and without an extension, 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised 5% per day for every day including weekend days and public holidays. This penalty may be increased where the assignment is to be completed in a period of less than a week. Extensions on medical or compassionate grounds will be in accordance with University Policy (see below). As far as practicable, each item of assessment will be returned to students within 3 weeks of submission. Assessment that forms part of mid semester assessment will be as far as practicable returned within 2 weeks of submission.

Courses for which a result of conceded pass has been obtained may not be presented towards the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Laws or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws programs, or any postgraduate law program, nor to satisfy prerequisite requirements within any law course.

Finality of Assessment Grades

Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any
kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

 

Moderation

In accordance with the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, course coordinators ‘ensure that appropriate marking guidelines and cross-marking moderation processes across markers are in place’ in each course. Procedures adopted by Adelaide Law School to ensure consistency of marking in courses with multiple markers include:

*assuranceof the qualifications of markers, and their knowledge of the content covered ineach course;
*detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking ofitems of assessment;
*sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
*reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the coursecoordinator;
*comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
*automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, andof final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
*the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide LawSchool’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment results at the University are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Access Adelaide at the end of each semester.

The University Writing Centre provides academic learning and language development services and resources for local, international, undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students enrolled at the University of Adelaide.

The centre offers practical advice and strategies for students to master reading, writing, note-taking, time management, oral presentation skills, referencing techniques and exam preparation for success at university through seminars, workshops and individual consultations.

For more information please check out the Writing Centre website at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/  

Lex Salus Program



Lex Salus (law and wellbeing) is an initiative of the Adelaide Law School aimed at destigmatising mental health
issues; promoting physical, mental and emotional wellness; building a strong community of staff and students; and celebrating diversity within the school.

It also seeks to promote wellness within the legal profession, through the involvement of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Honourable Chris Kourakis, as the official Patron of the program. Students can participate in the Lex Salus program by attending barbecue lunches, pancake breakfasts, knitting and crochet circles, seminars, guest speakers, conferences
and other activities. Our FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/LexSalusALS/ , our website at https://law.adelaide.edu.au/lex-salus/ and regular allstudent emails promote upcoming events, and have tips and information on wellness. Our Lex Salus Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5jQ44r8SmVn0txjaNcj3w  also includes videos
on topics like managing stress, and interviews with LGBTQ lawyers and their supporters which celebrate diversity and individuality. Students who commit to 10 hours of volunteering with Lex Salus in one year can have their service recognised on their academic transcript and through a thank you morning tea with the Chief Justice and law school staff.



Counselling Service

The University Counselling Service provides a free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Counselling service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life. More information is available at https://www.adelaide.edu.au/counselling_centre/. 

Further information regarding the Law School Policies and Procedures in relation to Supplementary Assessment, Extensions, and Remarks etc can be found at:

https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/group/law-school/policies-and-procedures

Academic Honesty

Academic dishonesty is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the University’s
Academic Honesty Policy.

Academic dishonesty is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Academic
dishonesty (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South Australia to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South Australia.

Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the
law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.