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• Degrees
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• International and Comparative Law Programs
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• Semester in Practice
• Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic  
• South Royalton Legal Clinic  
• Judicial Externships
• Part-time JD Externships
• MELP and LLM Internships
• Legislative Clinic
• Mediation Clinic
• General Practice Program
• Legal Writing Program
• Dispute Resolution Program
• Academic Success Program
• Focused Studies
• Summer Session
• Journals and Competitions

Mediation Clinic

Through intensive training, classroom seminars, and mediation observation and practice, students in this three-credit course learn to mediate various civil disputes in Vermont Superior Court, Small Claims Court, and the Environmental Court. Students also mediate conflicts in which the parties choose to avoid court or postpone filing a court action until attempting mediation. Mediators are second and third-year law students, who mediate in pairs as co-mediators. During the weekly seminar in addition to discussing court procedure and mediation theory, and conducting skills exercises, students participate in rounds—sessions in which students present the mediation situations they experienced during the week and exchange ideas about strategies, process, ethical issues, etc. The course is limited to 8 students. No prerequisite is required, though Negotiation or any ADR course taken previously is extremely useful.