Highlights
- Meet with experts on the ground involved in peacemaking in Jerusalem today.
- Study traditional approaches to conflict resolution used by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious communities.
- Challenge your assumptions and expand your perspective.
- Learn alongside a diverse group of law students and practicing professionals.
Explore traditional dispute resolution methods – such as Beth Din, Christian and Muslim courts, and Palestinian Sulha – and the ways in which Israel’s religious communities have shaped the values of dispute resolution. You’ll also examine how modern methods for dispute resolution have been adapted to traditional values and cultures.
Structure
This is an intensive 10-day course made up of lectures, workshops, and field trips.
Course Components
- Assigned readings
- Class discussions
- Meetings with a variety of individuals engaged in peacemaking
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For full details on cost, please refer to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law website.
The program is open to:
- Degree-candidate law students who have completed their first year of study at an ABA-accredited law school
- Lawyers seeking continuing legal education credits
- Graduate students
- Divinity students
- Members of the clergy
- Professionals
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For more details on the program and how to apply, please refer to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law website.
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Fast Facts
Course:
Mitchell Hamline School of Law: Conflict Resolution from Religious Traditions
Teaching Faculty:
Language of Instruction:
English
Credits:
2-3
Course Dates:
See the Mitchell Hamline School of Law website
Eligibility:
Degree-candidate law students who have completed their first year of study at an ABA-accredited law school, lawyers, graduate students, divinity students, and members of the clergy and other professions
Costs:
See the Mitchell Hamline School of Law website
Relevant Academic Fields:
Law, religious studies, cultural studies, conflict resolution
