Laboratory for Advancing Dispute Resolution Skills Teaching

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Skill

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NextGen Bar

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Resources

Dispute resolution legal educators have a long tradition of sharing teaching resources and DRI has facilitated this sharing by collecting and publishing these resources. We are pleased to provide the collection of these resources in a searchable database.

In this database you will find experiential activities, simulations, videos, assignments, lesson plans, teaching tools, and podcasts. All items in the database are offered free of charge for academic use.

You may search this database in a variety of ways, based on “subject matter,” “skill,” etc. We also have added a search facet for “NextGen” which we anticipate will continue to grow with resources as we all learn more about the Next Gen Bar Exam and how best to prepare our students. To get started, choose at least one search option and select a filter. You will see the number of resources that are currently available for each.

This is a dynamic site to which items are added regularly. You also are welcome to submit a resource you wish to share.

Resource Submission Form
Note that all submissions will be offered free of charge for academic use.

10 Most Recent Additions

Representing Clients in Mediation
This 37-minute video is intended to assist client representatives in mediation to get the best possible result from the process. It is broken up into nine separate modules which can be viewed as a whole or by individual module.
Converging!
At its core, the simulation’s framework is familiar: two disputing parties and a third-party neutral, all possessing both shared and private information. Parties must choose whether to fall into familiar patterns of competition and coercion, or endeavor to construct a collaborative process and achieve cooperative outcomes with their perceived enemies. Certain elements in the simulation’s […]
Flashpoint Syria
FlashPoint is a simulation game constructed as a teaching tool for the topics of conflict analysis and resolution, collaboration, negotiation, mediation, and public international law. Designed for dedicated and committed participants, FlashPoint engrosses participants in the simulated environment for a long period of time, ranging from one to three days, or from about six to […]
Little Golano
This roleplay involves a negotiation between the Us and Mexico over territory which was the subject of a treaty between the two countries. The US has controlled the territory for 100 years and the territory requires that it be handed over to Mexico in 6 months. Under pressure from the UN Secretary-General, both countries have […]
Resident or Non-Resident? A Tax Policy Dilemma
The moral justification for a state’s right to tax its residents stems from the understanding that residents benefit from public services provided by the state and should therefore contribute to their funding. However, globalization, with its increased mobility and new opportunities for generating income, continually challenges the traditional concept of residency. This shift often undermines […]
Harmful Tax Competition: To Participate or Not To Participate
In this ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ game, the conflict of interests illustrates the global phenomenon of harmful tax competition, whereby states use unfair practices to attract investors and potential taxpayers to them at the expense of other countries, e.g., by acting as tax havens. To prevent such practices, the participating countries set forth an agreed-upon body of […]
Tax on Disposables
This role-play focuses on the different and conflicting interests underlying consumption taxes on disposable utensils. Their intensive use is known to cause severe environmental damage. Consequently, they are recognized by international organizations as sources of global concern. Nevertheless, conflicting interests sometimes prevent the development of effective policies to regulate them. The exercise refers, among other […]
Sweet Surrender
This role-play focuses on the different and conflicting interests underlying consumption taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). SSBs are known to cause severe health damage. They are recognized by international organizations such as the WHO as sources of global concern. Nevertheless, conflicting interests sometimes prevent the development of effective policies to regulate them. The exercise […]
Tax Obedience in COVID-19 Times
Tax payment is a major civic duty in a modern state. Broad tax avoidance undermines governance. Several factors affect tax obedience, including the overall tax burden and the ratio between it and income, enforcement effectiveness, and taxpayers’ understanding and identification with tax-paying importance. In times of severe economic crises, the temptation to avoid tax payments […]
The United Currency Wars
This Prisoner’s Dilemma game game reflects a conflict of interests regarding deviation from financial stability rules that were agreed by the parties (the “Alliance”) as a major condition for the establishment of a united currency among them. These rules were dictated by the rich and strong partners to the weaker partners when the Alliance was […]

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