Clinics—In-House Clinics—Mediation Clinic

Mediation Clinic Homepage

Welcome to the Mediation Clinic at The University of Montana School of Law! This web site will provide you with information about mediation, the Clinic and the services we provide.  Please feel free to browse the links to the right of this screen. 

The Mediation Clinic trains students to intervene and resolve disputes out-of-court. During their tenure, Clinic interns, under the supervision of the faculty director, collaborating attorneys, and mediators, provide pro bono mediation services (as third-party neutrals and as attorney-advocates); undertake advanced study in the fields of alternative dispute resolution, problem-solving and conflict management; and pursue a range of related projects. In the process, students provide a valuable community service and gain a deeper understanding of relevant areas of law, including family law, landlord and tenant law, consumer law, and professional responsibility.

The Clinic’s primary goal is the study and practice of alternative dispute resolution. Toward this end, the Clinic:

• identifies and analyzes sources of societal, community and interpersonal conflict;
• promotes the prevention and just, efficient resolution of conflicts and disputes;
• develops innovative conflict- and dispute-resolution methods; and
• fosters mediation best practices.

The Clinic has particular expertise in mediating disputes arising from the following relationships:

• Landlord-Tenant
• Parenting Plans
• Marital
• Parent-Teen
• Small Claims
• Student-Student
• Student-Teacher
• Student-Administrator
• Victim-Offender
• Neighbor-Neighbor     

The Clinic provides these services primarily to train students in mediation practice. The Clinic is therefore selective in accepting cases.