Registration is now open for the 2011-2012 Representation in Mediation Competition.  This law school competition provides students the opportunity to role-play as advocates and clients in a mediation setting and measures how well students model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation.  Each team consists of two students.  In each round of the competition one student plays the role of an attorney in a mediation and the other student plays the role of the client. 

The ten regional competitions are scheduled in late February or early March. The winners of the regional competitions are invited to compete at the National Finals in April 2012 in conjunction with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution’s Spring Meeting in Washington, DC.  Regions are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, after which teams are assigned to other regions based on availability.  Priority for regional assignments is determined by the date the school’s registration form is received. Most regional hosts have the capacity to manage 10 to 14 teams.  Registration closes on January 27, 2012.  For more information and an entry form, see http://www.abanet.org/dispute/mediationcomp.html. 

The ten regional competitions will be hosted by the following schools:

Region                 Host School

Region 1               Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT

Region 2               Pace Law School, White Plains, NY

Region 3              American University Washington College of Law, Washington DC

Region 4               Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, AL

Region 5              TBD

Region 6               Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Region 7               The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio,

Region 8               Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas

Region 9               Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California

Region 10            UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California,

Please also feel free to contact any of the Competition chair or staff:

National Representation in Mediation Competition Coordinating Committee Chair:

Mariana Hernandez Crespo, University of St Thomas School of Law, mdhernandezc@stthomas.edu

 Staff:  Matthew Conger, Staff Attorney, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, Matthew.conger@americanbar.org, (202) 662-1689

Gina Viola Brown, Associate Director, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution,                   gina.brown@americanbar.org, (202) 212-9314