Dispute resolution and experiential learning

Anna Cody, Frances Gibson

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Abstract

Experiential learning methodologies are well suited to teaching dispute resolution. Teaching law students dispute resolution early in their degrees encourages them to lawyer through an interest-based, collaborative model and engages them in active learning of dispute resolution approaches. There are many ways in which dispute resolution can be taught experientially including through simulations, competitions, clinical internships and dispute resolution clinics. Methods of experiential learning have developed internationally including in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, India and in Australia. This chapter describes the methodology of experiential learning in its various forms and discusses in detail the benefits of teaching dispute resolution using these approaches and some of the challenges in doing so.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Future of Dispute Resolution
EditorsMichael Legg
Place of PublicationChatswood, N.S.W.
PublisherLexisNexis Butterworths
Pages269-278
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780409332773
ISBN (Print)9780409332766
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • experiential learning
  • methodology
  • dispute resolution (law)
  • study and teaching
  • law students

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