Spanish for Legal Advocates, Mediators, and Dispute Resolution Practitioners, Certificate

Program Specifics

This certificate is a partnership between the Modern Languages Department, The Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Department and the Labor Studies Department. It offers a comprehensive training to better function in Spanish for Legal Advocates, Mediators, and Dispute Resolution Practitioners.

This certificate program consists of a mix of courses in SPA, NCR and LBR. Participants receive hands-on mediation and conflict resolution training that is actively reinforced with Spanish instruction with the idea of being able to function in both English and Spanish at this setting.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
NCR 289	Key Issues in Peacebuilding	3
or NCR 290	Intro to Negotiation Theory
SPA 302	Legal and Business Spanish 1	3
or SPA 340	Practical Spanish for Interpreters and Translators
SPA 341	Advanced Conversation 1	3
or SPA 340	Practical Spanish for Interpreters and Translators
NCR 405	Research Methods: NCRP	3
or NCR 410	NCRP Pedagogy
or NCR 490	Capstone Course: NCRP
or NCR 495	Special Topics in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
or LBR 411	Contracts & Negotiations
or LBR 412	Labor Law
or LBR 496	Practicum Labor Studies
Total Hours		12

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SPA 340 may only be used to satisfy one requirement for the certificate. It cannot satisfy both requirement #2 and requirement #3.