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Dispute Resolution Concentration

Disputes within organizations large and small are disruptive, expensive and inevitable. Mastering organizational leadership means learning to effectively and ethically resolve disputes among individuals and groups.

Studying with a cross-section of practicing lawyers, human resources and business personnel and other professionals, you earn an MAOL degree from St. Kate’s and a certificate from Hamline University’s renowned Dispute Resolution Institute, verifying your ability to deal effectively with differences among individuals and groups.

Academic plan

The dispute resolution concentration requires completion of 44 total credits — 30 credits at St. Catherine and 14 at Hamline. See below for a sample course plan.

Required courses from the MAOL program:

  • ORLD 6200: Ethics and Leadership
  • ORLD 6300: Strategic Communication
  • ORLD 6400: Accounting and Finance Skills for Effective Decision Making
  • ORLD 7100: Professional and Organizational Ethics
  • ORLD 7480: International Trade and the Global Economy
  • ORLD 7500: Leading Organizational Change
  • ORLD 8200: Strategic Management
  • ORLD 8901: Research Proposal: Leadership Action Project OR ORLD 8902: Research Proposal: Leadership Thesis
  • ORLD 8980: Leadership Action Project OR ORLD 8990: Leadership Thesis
  • ORLD 8880: Leadership Seminar
  • ORLD Elective (if action project completed rather than thesis)

Required courses from the Dispute Resolution Institute at Hamline University School of Law:

  • DRI 602H: Mediation
  • DRI 603H: Theories of Conflict
  • DRI 608H: Negotiation
  • DRI 611H: Arbitration

Elective courses from the Dispute Resolution Institute at Hamline University School of Law:

  • Two or three elective DRI courses (5 credits, based on choice of action project or thesis)

Recommended elective:

  • DRI 616H: Dispute Resolution Practices

For detailed course descriptions, visit the courses page.

Additional information

Students wishing to pursue the dispute resolution concentration do not have to apply to the Hamline University School of Law to take courses in this concentration.

Registration for dispute resolution courses is handled through Hamline University. A letter of good academic standing is required before beginning courses at Hamline. This letter will be submitted to Hamline University by the registrar at St. Catherine if you carry a 3.0 grade-point average at the time of registration for Hamline courses.

More information about this process is available upon admittance.