Office of Clinical and Experiential Learning (OCEL)

Dispute Resolution Team

The New York Law School Dispute Resolution Team is a student-run co-curricular program that represents the school in local, regional and national lawyering skills competitions. Competitors gain experience in client interviewing and counseling, negotiation, mediation and arbitration in a wide variety of subject areas. Students gain membership to the Team by successfully competing in the school’s Intramural Negotiation Competition held annually each spring, or through exceptional achievement in a writing competition held in the fall semester. The Dispute Resolution Team’s Executive Board and its Faculty Advisor, Professor Kris Franklin, oversee the Team’s activities. Students may earn academic credit through membership and active involvement in Team competitions and training. Students who have completed one semester towards their degree are eligible to compete for membership, but students who are placed in the Comprehensive Curriculum Program may not participate as Team members until their second summer of law school.

Intermural and Intramural Dispute Resolution Competitions
Teams of Association members represent New York Law School at competitions throughout the country. In the 2011-2012 academic year Team members expect to participate in at least the following competitions outside and inside NYLS:

• University of San Diego Law School National Sports Law Negotiation Competition
• ABA Northeast Regional Negotiation Competition
• ABA Arbitration Competition
• National BALSA Negotiation
• Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition
• Education Law Client Counseling Competition
• ABA Mediation Competition
• NYLS Intramural Negotiation Competition

New York Law School Dispute Resolution Team 2011-2012 Executive Board

President
Tal Basis, tal.basis@law.nyls.edu

Vice President
Tom Balducci, tommas.balducci@law.nyls.edu

Competition Chair
Alison Lynch, alison.lynch@law.nyls.edu

Intramural Chair
Amit Patel, amit.patel@law.nyls.edu

Secretary-Treasurer
Emily Barile, emily.barile@law.nyls.edu

Senior Editor
Jacob Korder, jacob.korder@law.nyls.edu

Training Coordinator
Mark Cintron, mark.cintron@law.nyls.edu