The Advanced Mediation Clinic provides mediation for civil cases referred from the Circuit Courts of Benton and Washington counties in matters of domestic relations, contract, probate, and juvenile (dependency-neglect, families in need of services). The students also receive cases from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Veterans Administration. Students co-mediate with a professor and trained mediator volunteers from the community.

The classroom component consists of two-hour bi-weekly class sessions during which students discuss the mediations that have occurred, the law involved, and assigned readings from mediation literature to deepen their understanding of the field. Mediations are scheduled throughout the week.

The Mediation Clinic is limited to six students and is offered only in the fall semester. Selection for clinic participation is made by the professor.

Prerequisites:

          Student must have taken mediation in practice (#7073), which is offered annually in the spring semester.