International Negotiations

Competition

“Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation”

Contact:Anica Nicholson

Director of International Relationsinternationalrelations@nccublsa.org

NCCU Law Dispute Resolution Institute

ABOUT BLSA:!! About BLSA! Message from the Director! Benefits

ABOUT THE COMPETITION:!! About the Competition! Important dates & Fees! Meet the coaches! Dispute Resolution Institute!TRY OUT FOR THE COMPETITION:

! Requirements! Important Dates! Sixth Annual INC.! Competition Improvements

CONTENT:

ABOUT NCCU BLSAIn 1968, Algernon Johnson founded what was later the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at the New

York University Law School. The NCCU School of Law Chapter of BLSA (NCCU BLSA) is named the Lemarquis Dejarmon-Daniel George Sampson Chapter. Among other things, BLSA seeks to: articulate and promote the professional needs and goals of black law students; foster and encourage professional competence; influence the legal community by brining about meaningful legal and political change that addresses the needs and concerns of the community; and adopt and implement policies of economic

independence. NCCU BLSA continues to dedicate it’s resources to it’s members through numerous scholarships, networking opportunities, job opportunities, competitions, financial support, programs and community service initiatives.

ABOUT NBLSANational Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), is a national organization formed to articulate and

promote the needs and goals of black law students and effectuate change in the legal community. As the

largest student run organization in the United States with over 6,000 members, NBLSA is also comprised of

chapters or affiliates in six different countries including The Bahamas, Nigeria, and South Africa. Organized

into six regions (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southern, Midwest, Rocky Mountain and Western Region), the

organization has over 200 chapters and is present in all but a few of the nation's accredited law schools, as

well as unaccredited law schools. The headquarters of NBLSA is located in Washington, DC NBLSA

encourages the development of talented, social conscious lawyers of tomorrow. Each year, the organization

holds an annual convention to engage in legal activism and prepare new generations of black lawyers to

"effectuate change." Additionally, the Frederick Douglass Moot Court and Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial

Competitions are held during its Annual Convention. Notably, NBLSA assisted in the formation of the

Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC), The National Latino/Latina Student Association

(NLLSA), National Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSD), and The National Asian

Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA).

Meet the Coach

Kathleen C. Wallace is a conflict resolution specialist with over 15 years of experience as a crisis intervention counselor, arbitrator, negotiator, and mediator. She is serves on faculty at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law as an assistant professor and supervising attorney of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic. Her teaching specialties include mediation, representation in mediation, communication, and negotiation in personal, professional, and legal contexts.

Professor Wallace is also involved in conflict resolution education, mediation of legal disputes, and prevention, management and resolution of intra-organizational and interpersonal disputes. Licensed by the North Carolina State Bar and certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission and Industrial Commission, her practice focuses on litigated claims involving personal injury, worker’s compensation, contracts and property damage, as well as pre-litigation claims of harassment, insubordination, issues among boards of directors, and intra-organizational disputes. Professor Wallace’s corporate clients include the U.S. Olympic Committee, the North Carolina Medical Society, Talecris Biotherapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Duke University.

She is a recipient of the MacArthur Innovation Award and has helped design and develop digital learning technologies to enable participants to enter an immersive, multi-sensory game-based environment that simulates complex conflict conditions in order to learn first-hand the necessary tools for efficient and effective response, management and resolution.

For many years, Professor Wallace served as a violence intervention counselor and police officer in Durham, N.C.; associate dean for judicial affairs at Duke University; and arbitrator within the Duke University employee grievance process. She has served as a consultant to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pepperdine University on issues such as crisis management, conflict resolution, harassment, suicide, integrity, and ethics. Within corporate, medical and higher education settings, Professor Wallace has assessed, analyzed, and redesigned grievance processes and procedures to promote prevention and early resolution of conflict.

Professor Wallace earned a Bachelor of Arts in art-design from Duke University, a Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University, a Master of laws in dispute resolution from Pepperdine University, and a certificate in documentary studies from Duke University. She is a William C. Friday Fellow for Human Relations within the Wildacres Leadership Initiative, whose mission is to create a network of courageous leaders who connect across differences in identity and ideas to develop new solutions to the complex challenges facing the people and communities of North Carolina.

LL.M., Pepperdine University

J.D., North Carolina Central University

B.A., Duke University

Meet the Coach

Mark W. Morris is Professor of Law and Director of the Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI). Currently, he

supervises the Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic and teaches courses related to alternative dispute

resolution. Professor Morris has taught Torts, Contracts, Administrative Law, Workers’ Compensation,

Remedies and Employment Law. Professor Morris was certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution

Commission to mediate superior court civil actions in 1994. Since then, he has mediated a broad range of

civil cases, including employment matters, land condemnation, professional malpractice, and personal

injury cases. Professor Morris has served as a speaker and trainer at mediation seminars for the American

Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, the North Carolina Office of State Personnel, the North

Carolina League of Municipalities, and Carolina Dispute Settlement Services, among others. In September

2007, Governor Michael F. Easley, ’76, appointed Professor Morris to the North Carolina Dispute

Resolution Commission.

Professor Morris is the co-author of North Carolina Law of Torts, 2nd edition (Lexis, 1999) and has written

widely on tort liability and risk management in various industries and professions and on governmental

immunity. He is a member of the bar in North Carolina and Florida.

LL.M., Harvard University

J.D., North Carolina Central University

B.A., University of North Carolina

ABOUT THE COMPETITIONImportant Dates & Fees:• September 1, 2011: Registration Opens.

• September 12, 2011- October 28, 2011: Early Bird Team Registration.

• September 16, 2011: Interest packet released on

• September 23, 2011: Each participant must express their interest to Arminta Foushee in the Dispute

Resolution Institute (DRI) at afoushee@nccu.edu by 5:00PM, Friday.

• October 1, 2011: Selection process for the International Negotiations Competition starts. Selection

Committee: Professor Kathleen Wallace and Professor Mark Morris

• October 20, 2011: International Negotiations team selected.

• October 26, 2011: Team roster released

• October 28, 2011 - December 2, 2011: The discounted rate per team will be extended to chapters

registering two or more teams for the competition.

• October 28, 2011 - December 2, 2011: Regular Team Registration.

• December 2, 2011 - December 16, 2011: Late Team Registration.

• December 16, 2011: Registration Deadline.

• January 15, 2012: The International Negotiations Competition Problem will be released on the

NBLSA INC webpage.

• January 29, 2012: Deadline for competitors and coaches to send questions and concerns about the

problems and rules to internationalcompetition@nblsa.org.

• February 12, 2012: Answers to substantive questions released on the NBLSA INC webpage.

• March 7, 2012 - March 11, 2012: 2012 NBLSA International Negotiation Competition will take

place in Washington D.C. Registered teams will receive confidential information for the

competition at a mandatory competitor's meeting on March 8, 2012.

Message From The Director

It brings me great pleasure to serve as your Director of International Relations. This year NCCU’s BLSA will

be presented with it’s first opportunity to participate in the NBLSA International Negotiations Competition. As

law students, we naturally embrace any opportunity to negotiate. Now we have the opportunity to negotiate on

a global level. As a two person team, students will be able to develop negotiation skills by reaching out to law

professors, presenting persuasive and integrative tactics, communicating the needs of their client, and,

ultimately, coming to an agreement in negotiation. The key to success lies in preparation. Are you ready to

embark on this wonderful challenge? We hope you are, because we are ready to end this competition

triumphantly.

Benefits:Some of the benefits of the International Negotiations competition are:

• Learn how to compromise, persuade and advocate for important issues

• Learn how to bargain and advance the interests of clients

• Increase individual comfort and confidence in the ability to be a problem solver

• School recognition and bragging rights

• A chance to showcase negotiation skills to firms & companies

• Acquire effective settlement negotiation skills

Benefits are not limited to those listed.

Anica Nicholson

J.D. Candidate, 2013

North Carolina Central University School of Law

MissionThe Mission of the Dispute Resolution Institute is to advance the theory and practice of dispute resolution in the pursuit of justice and reconciliation between individuals and groups in conflict. The Institute is especially mindful of NCCU School of Law’s unique history and record of achievement and will be committed to ensuring that evolving methods for resolving conflict do not undermine justice for economically disadvantaged, minority and marginalized individuals and communities. The Institute will critically examine how these methods affect the interests of these groups. The Institute is also committed to its goal of increasing the participation of minorities in the field.

ConflictConflict is inescapable in a complex society. Accordingly, dispute resolution is especially suited to interdisciplinary study. The Institute will foster collaborative approaches to the study of conflict and the resolution of disputes. The Institutes will do this by partnering with other schools and departments and bringing students from other disciplines into the certificate program. Professionals in dispute resolution consistently find new ways in which ADR techniques are useful, from pre-litigation uses of ADR processes in employment and commercial disputes to restorative justice efforts and drug treatment courts in the field of criminal justice.

Dispute Resolution Institute Contact: Mark W. Morris, Director(919) 530-6505, dri@nccu.edu Arminta Foushee, Program Coordinator

DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTENCCU SCHOOL OF LAW

The International Negotiations Competition is a collaboration between the NCCU School of Law’s Dispute Resolution Institute and the NCCU Black Law Students Association. Negotiation is an important part of dispute resolution and an important life skill. Below are important messages from the NCCU School of Law Dispute Resolution Institute.

North CarolinaNorth Carolina is a pioneer in using alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Outside of the legal system universities, schools, governments, along with the private sector are seeking innovative and effective ways of managing conflict. The explosive growth of arbitration, mediation, and other alternative methods of resolving legal disputes led the North Carolina Central University School of Law to create its Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic in 2000 – the first of its kind in North Carolina. Because the public and the courts increasingly expect lawyers to be accomplished in non-adversarial methods of resolving conflict, the School of Law is again taking the lead by establishing the first institute in the region devoted to the study and practice of dispute resolution.

TRY OUT FOR THE COMPETITION

Requirements:

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: For more information on these requirements please email aafoushee@nccu.edu.

• Negotiation OR• Negotiation All Around Us

REFRESHER WORKSHOPS:

The Coaches, Professor Kathleen Wallace and Professor Mark Morris are responsible for training the International Negotiations team. Once the International Negotiations team is selected, they will work with the coaches to strengthen their negotiation skills.

Try Out Dates:

The selection process for the International Negotiation competition will be conducted by Professor Kathleen Wallace and Professor Mark Morris. To learn more about the selection process please contact Arminta Foushee in the Dispute Resolution Institute at afoushee@nccu.edu. Students must express their interest to Arminta Foushee by September 23, 2011.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Only BLSA members may participate in the competition. Each participant must be a student in good standing with North Carolina Central University School of Law.

In keeping with NBLSA's tradition of serving the needs of its membership, the International Negotiations Competition

Team has exciting new changes to help improve the competition. The following changes have been made to improve

the efficiency of the competition and provide students with an enhanced experience that will help strengthen important

legal advocacy skills:

• An official procedure has been incorporated into the competition rules for competitors to submit substantive

questions regarding the competition problems and receive answers in advance of the competition.

• The competition schedule has been restructured to provide students with adequate time to prepare for each

round, while also enabling competitors to participate in as many National Convention panels, luncheons,

forums, and social events as possible.

• All judges will receive uniform training and preparation before the competition to promote consistency of

judging and fairness in each negotiation session.

• All teams will be provided with their completed score sheets at the end of the competition.

• The competition will incorporate new and exciting incentives for school participation, including new prizes for

winners.

This upcoming year will mark the 6th Annual NBLSA International Negotiations Competition. The Negotiations

Competition will be held at the NBLSA National Convention in Washington, DC. from March 7 - 11, 2012.

The NBLSA International Negotiations Competition (INC) is the only non-litigation based competition offered by

our organization, providing students with a unique opportunity to development useful negotiation skills, while

creating awareness of important global issues.

Each participant collaborates with a classmate from their law school, forming two person teams to negotiate a cross-

border conflict based on current issues in our global community. After participating in a student-led negotiation

lasting 50 minutes, where each team strives to obtain the best results for their client, students receive constructive

feedback from legal practitioners and law professors who serve as judges. Moreover, students are exposed to

differences in negotiating styles, various ethical and social norms, and a broad spectrum of business issues, all

coupled with the enhanced difficulties of cross-cultural communication.

Competition Improvements

SIXTH ANNUAL INC.

GOOD LUCK!

Contact: Arminta Foushee to express interest afoushee@nccu.edu

Contact: Anica Nicholson for more informationinternationalnegotiations@nccublsa.org