Registration Ends: Wednesday, Feb. 14 at EOD

Packet Releases: Feb. 15

Strategy Papers Due: Feb. 22

Preliminary Rounds: Feb. 28 - March 3

Semifinals: March 5

Finals: March 7

Overview

• Negotiation

• Mediation

• Arbitration

• Client Counseling

Competitions

• In previous years, we have competed internationally in Dublin, Paris, Hong Kong, Vienna, and more.

• Domestically, we have sent teams to places like New Orleans, New York, and Chicago. 

• A diverse array of competition types and substance are available, from baseball arbitration to commercial mediation.

• Competition teams are coached by law practitioners, professors, and, occasionally, 3Ls. 

• Negotiation

  • ABA Negotiation Competition 

  • Tulane Pro Football Negotiation Competition 

  • Tulane Pro Basketball Negotiation Competition

  • Jaffee Transactional Law Competition 

  • Energy Law Negotiation Competition

  • ELSA Negotiation Competition (Ireland)

  • Duke Transactional Law Competition 

  • The Negotiation Challenge (Greece)

  • Syracuse Transatlantic Negotiation Competition

• Client Counseling

  • ABA Client Counseling Competition 

• Mediation

  • Houston National Mediator Competition

  • ABA Mediation Competition 

  • ICC Mediation Competition (Paris)

  • INADR Mediation Tournament (Europe)

• Arbitration

  • ABA Arbitration Competition

  • Tulane International Baseball Arbitration Competition 

  • Vis International Arbitration Moot (Vienna & Hong Kong)

Preliminary Rounds

• Receive two short negotiation scenarios. Write and submit a one-page strategy paper for each scenario. 

• Two 15-minute negotiation rounds.

Top 16 advance to 50-minute semifinal negotiation. 

Top 4 advance to 50-minute final negotiation. 

Students with top scores will receive an invitation to the ADR team (typically, around a dozen).