The INADR (InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution) hosts annual International Intercollegiate Mediation Tournaments (IIMT) for law, graduate, and undergraduate students to practice mediation, advocacy, and client counseling in realistic dispute scenarios, featuring rounds where students act as mediators (often with co-mediators from different schools) and as advocates and clients, judged on skill, cooperation, and achieving resolutions, with awards for individual andteam performance.
Key Aspects of INADR Tournaments:
- Roles: Students act as Mediators, Advocates, and Clients, working in teams (co-mediators from different schools).
- Format: Competitions involve preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and finals, with judges providing feedback.
- Focus: Emphasizes collaborative problem-solving, professionalism, integrity, and finding mutually agreeable solutions, not adversarial wins.
- Judging: Evaluates teamwork, listening skills, case presentation, and ability to guide parties to resolution, penalizing those who invent facts or act unprofessionally.
- Participants: Open to law, graduate, and undergraduate students globally.