Since its inception in 2019, almost 2,000 students from 43 law schools have participated in the STCL Inter-School Negotiation Practicum. The Practicum is a fully centralized cross-school, month long one-on-one negotiation exercise utilizing actual court documents from a pending lawsuit. Participants are paired up with a student from another law school in another city (or even country) and must negotiate via email, phone, and video. Because lawyers negotiate primarily via email/phone with opposing counsel they do not necessarily know, the purpose of this project is to provide students the opportunity to enhance their skills in an environment that more closely aligns with practice. After the exercise, students complete a substantive post-negotiation questionnaire.
Update for Fall 2022: Professors, please note that if you would like for your class to participate, you must make this a required GRADED assignment. For more information about registering for the fall 2022 semester, please email Debra Berman at dberman@stcl.edu.
Thank you to the following 43 law schools that have participated!
Cardozo | Chapman University | Elon |
Fordham University | Harvard University | Indiana University |
Lakehead University | Lincoln Memorial University | Marquette University |
Mitchell Hamline | Northern Illinois University | Ohio Northern University |
Pace University | Penn State University | Pepperdine University |
South TX College of Law Houston | Southern Illinois University | St. John’s University |
St. Mary’s University | Suffolk University | Texas A&M University |
UIC John Marshall | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | University of CA Hastings |
University of Cincinnati | University of Connecticut | University of Detroit |
University of Florida | University of Houston | University of Laverne |
University of Manitoba | University of Maryland | University of Michigan |
University of Missouri | University of North Texas Dallas | University of Oregon |
University of San Diego | University of Saskatchewan | University of Tennessee |
University of Utah | Wayne State | West Virginia University |
Western New England University |
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