Short Course Description
This course offers a functional approach to dispute resolution and interrelated processes. Students learn the advantages and disadvantages of each process and how to select one process over another to create dispute resolution strategies.
Content introduces methods of dispute resolution and participants and organizes dispute resolution processes by purpose and participation, advancing from the least to the most technical process. Coverage also explores dispute resolution strategies.
Examples and problems encourage reasoning skills. Chapters on negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, while judicial options show how courts handle dispute resolution when the outcome is uncertain.
This course is based on the book Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution, 1st Ed. Frey, 2003.
Instructor(s)
Guno Ritfeld
Guno Ritfeld is a retired Department of Defense Commissioned Officer. He has earned a B.A. in Psychology/Education, a Juris Doctorate (J.D.), and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.
He is certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Civil, Family, and County mediator and has served as a County mediator at the Orange County courthouse. He served as a member of the City of Orlando Certification Appeals Board and Chapter 57 Discrimination Board, and as a contract Human Rights Mediator and Administrative Investigator for various state and federal agencies. He is an experienced commercial, workplace, and family dispute mediator and arbitrator.