The Negotiation Moot 2012 is offered by law school and will take place in the course of spring session among undergraduates, consisting of six units.

The course will cover the following topics: the basic concepts of the private international law including jurisdiction over, people, property, disputes, and choice and conflict if laws; arbitration consisting of introduction to arbitration and UNCITRAL rules of commercial arbitration; substantive cross-border legal matters comprising UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracting and comparative law topics (the topic will be chosen at the moot and may cover administrative law, environmental law, constitutional law, etc.); advocacy and cross cultural communication including efficient written advocacy for arbitration and negotiation, efficient oral advocacy in arbitration, and high-performance Japanese language and inter-cultural communication in a legitimate contexture; and negotiation (principles, strategies) and negotiation based on a cultural aspect.

The objective of the Negotiation Moot 2012 is to grant the students with practical education in resolution of international dispute. This meets the mechanical aspects of arbitration and negotiation. Thus, the students will get experience and expertise in the UNCITRAL Rules of Commercial Arbitration and negotiation process itself.

The participants of the Negotiation Moot 2012 will get experience in international contracting law, private international law and comparative law, getting practice and training in cross-border lawyering. The arbitration field will develop brief writing skills and oral argumentation. And negotiation assists in the development of strategic and creative thinking in the environment close enough to the real world.