The Dispute Resolution Team is a student-run, co-curricular program that offers members the opportunity to develop their lawyering skills as they represent New York Law School in local, regional, and national competitions.
Dispute Resolution Team – General
Members of this student-run, co-curricular program have the opportunity to develop their lawyering skills as they represent New York Law School in local, regional, and national competitions.
Domestic Arbitration
This intensive five-day course develops the skills needed to represent clients in arbitration proceedings subject to the Federal Arbitration Act and conducted pursuant to the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Domestic Violence and the Law
This course explores the response of the legal system to the problem of domestic violence, through state and federal criminal laws against domestic violence, including the federal Violence Against Women Act.
Drafting: Contracts
This course teaches students the skills needed to draft contracts that effectuate clients’ needs and anticipate potential legal problems.
Drafting Contracts: Technology Transactions
In this course, students will practice drafting all elements of a contract with a focus on technology transactions.
Drafting: Corporate Documents
This course teaches the skills needed to draft corporate contracts and documents that effectuate clients’ needs and anticipate potential legal problems.
Drafting: Federal Judicial Opinions
This practical course will teach students advanced legal writing skills used by judges, law clerks, and lawyers in drafting opinions, internal memorandums, and briefs; it is particularly beneficial for students interested in pursuing a judicial clerkship or externship.
Drafting: General Principles
Since the skills involved in writing clear, precise legal drafting are transferable from one document to another, this course teaches students the general principles of legal drafting rather than the techniques of drafting specialized documents.
Drafting: Labor and Employment Litigation
This writing and research course teaches the skills needed to draft various documents in the context of labor and employment administrative proceedings and litigation.