LAW 7824 - Decision Making for Deals and Disputes

Decision Making for Deals and Disputes introduces students (including practicing professionals) to economic, psychological, communication, and ethics perspectives on decision making in professional, legal contexts. Students learn about best practices for identifying and achieving individual, joint, and collective goals, and for overcoming the cognitive, affective, and social obstacles to achieving those goals. Students develop a set of skills that can be applied to a wide variety of professional situations including recognizing and questioning assumptions that undermine effective decision making, mindfulness about one?s own and others? interests and behaviors, strategies for collaboration and competition, building trust, and ensuring ethical and professional conduct. Students engage in numerous experiential exercises to learn and practice effective but sometimes counter-intuitive approaches to deal making and dispute resolution. The course meets in an intensive, one-week format and is offered for both academic and professional CLE credit. This 3-credit course is ungraded (pass/fail).