1.2 The Mock Sessions (the Course's Method)

The fictional case's journey: the case's briefing (the facts-and-roles distributed); thepreparation (the role's interests mapped; the strategy-and-BATNA); the negotiation round (the parties' direct dealing — the skills' first test); the mediation round (the student-mediator's facilitation — the opening statement, the story-telling, the issues' framing, the caucus, the options); the arbitration round (the student-arbitrator's hearing — the pleadings, the evidence, the award's drafting); the debrief (the demonstration's analysis — the skills' review, the technique's lessons). The mediator's stages (the mock's map): the introduction-and-rules; the parties' stories; the agenda; the exploration; the caucus; the negotiation; the agreement (the settlement's writing — the enforceable document).