Negotiation

The Negotiation Competition is a negotiation between two teams based on a fictional fact pattern. Each team contains two people, one who will act as the attorney, and one who will act as the client. The teams are given general information describing the problem, as well as confidential information that only one of the teams may know. Based on the information provided in the general and confidential facts, each team must negotiate on behalf of their respective client in an attempt to resolve the dispute in a manner favorable to their client. It is not a requirement that the teams come to a resolution, instead the competition focuses on the process of the negotiation and how each team handles the situation.

Each negotiation consists of one 40-minute negotiation session, as well as two 5-minute self-analyses, and a 5 to 10-minute judges’ feedback session. Before each teams’ self-analysis, they are give 5-minutes outside of the competition room to analyze their performance and prepare for the self-analysis. During the negotiation, each team may take one break of no more than 5-minutes to confer outside of the competition room. During this break the 40-minute time clock does not stop.

Director: Phil Raine, phillip.raine@mail.missouri.edu

Assistant Director: Darrion Walker, dawc5f@mail.missouri.edu

Assistant Director: Jacob Frazier, jtfbq2@mail.missouri.edu

These were the set of rules governing last year’s competition: Download

Each team will receive one scoring sheet per judge (typically, there are three judges) for every night that they compete. At the end of every night of the competition, the scoring sheets will be placed in the mailbox of a team member.

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General information that both teams receive:

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Confidential information for the team representing FunTimes:

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Confidential information for the team representing Rashad Griffin:

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General information that both teams receive:

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Confidential information for the team representing Dr. Michael Conway:

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Confidential information for the team representing Brushton University:

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Important Fall 2012 Dates

Posted by Rebekah Allen on Oct 15, 2012 in 2012-2013, Arbitration, Bailiff, Client Counseling, Competition, Events, Negotiation, News, Participation, Year | Comments Off

As the semester gets underway, the MU Law Board of Advocates has a number of events coming up. Mark your calendars so you don't forget!

2012 Negotiation Champions

Posted by Rebekah Allen on Sep 26, 2012 in 2012-2013, Competition, Events, Negotiation, News, Results, Winners, Year | Comments Off

The MU Law Board of Advocates is proud to announce Aaron LaPlante and Henry Tanner as the winners of the 2012 Negotiation Competition!

2012 Negotiation Finalists

Posted by Rebekah Allen on Sep 26, 2012 in 2012-2013, Competition, Events, Finals, Negotiation, News, Results, Year | Comments Off

The Board of Advocates is pleased to announce the Finalists of this year's Negotiation competition...

2012 Negotiation Semi-Finalists

Posted by Rebekah Allen on Sep 24, 2012 in 2012-2013, Competition, Events, Negotiation, News, Results, Semi-Finals, Year | Comments Off

The MU Law Board of Advocates would like to congratulate the following students for advancing to the Semi-Final round of this year's Negotiation Competition....

Register Now for the 2012 Negotiation Competition!

Posted by Rebekah Allen on Sep 11, 2012 in 2012-2013, Competition, Events, Negotiation, News, Year | Comments Off

All 3Ls and 2Ls may now begin registering for this year's Negotiation competition. Teams that are comprised of two 1Ls will not be able to register until tomorrow, September 12th at 2:00PM.