The Bulletin - George Washington University Law School

126 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLtems design. Focus on strategies for designing systemic approaches to resolve a clusteror stream of disputes in particular organizations or institutions, including governmentagencies, educational and health care settings, corporations, and nonprofit organizations.The concept of “negotiating” with clients in order to develop effective conflictmanagement systems. Enrollment is limited. Open only to LL.M. students. (Simulation)6682 International Dispute Resolution (3) D. BowenDevelopment of complex dispute cases involving multiple parties. International case lawand conventions, including jurisdiction, forum selection, comity, enforcement, and applicationand proof of foreign law. Students work in teams to prepare motions, gather evidence,interview and depose fact and expert witnesses, interview clients, develop and presentopening and closing arguments, and conduct direct and cross examination of lay andexpert witnesses. Simulation exercises include adjudication of disputes through role playingand preparation and participation in a mock trial. Enrollment is limited. Open only toLL.M. students. (Simulation)6683 The College of Trial Advocacy (3) SaltzburgAn intensive, six-day course focusing on trial simulation and role playing. A varyingpanel of experienced lawyers and judges discuss and demonstrate trial skills and ethics,and oversee and critique small-group simulations by students in making opening andclosing statements and in conducting direct and cross-examination of experts and otherwitnesses. Enrollment is limited. Open only to LL.M. students. (Simulation)6684 Pre-Trial Practice in Criminal Cases (3) WeinbergStudents in this course are assigned alternating roles as prosecutor and defense counselin order to simulate the pre-trial tasks lawyers routinely perform in criminal cases. Simulationexercises begin after the arrest of the suspect, with student–prosecutors conductinga preliminary investigation and student–defense counsels interviewing the defendant.Thereafter, students conduct and attend grand jury proceeding, arraignments, bailhearings, preliminary hearings, suppression hearings, plea bargaining sessions, and pleahearings before the trial judge. Students conduct discovery and file pre-trial motionsand responses. By the end of the course, each student will have simulated moving a casefrom arrest to the eve of trial. Enrollment is limited. Open only to LL.M. students.(Simulation)6685 Arbitration (3) FalkThe arbitration process from making arbitration agreements to making and enforcingawards. Arbitration versus traditional civil litigation. Types of arbitrators and their selection.Procedural, evidentiary, and ethical rules in arbitration practice. Enrollment is limited.Open only to LL.M. students. (Writing assignments and oral exercises)Special Courses for Graduate Law Students6690–91 Thesis (2–2) Thornton , D. RosenthalStudents must register for two consecutive semesters and cannot register for bothcourses in one semester. In addition to identifying a member of the full-time faculty toserve as thesis adviser, students are required to attend scheduled class sessions, whichcover issues such as topic selection, specialized research, and the process of organizingand writing the thesis.6692 Legal Research and Writing Karamanianfor International LL.M. Students I (1)Required for LL.M. students who do not hold a J.D. degree from a U.S. law school.Topics include research in primary, secondary, and specialized sources of law; legal citation;the structure of a legal memorandum; writing style; and plagiarism. Students pre-