SYLLABUS

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Course Description: General principles relating to the primary modes of international

and domestic ADR (i.e. negotiation, inquiry, good offices, mediation, conciliation, and
arbitration). (2 units)

Reference Books: ADR, Gabriel T. Robeniol, ’15ed.

WEEKLY CLASS GUIDE

Meeting
1-2 Discussion re syllabus, course requirements, and class policies
Assigning of Reporting Groups
2 Finalization of syllabus
Group 1 Report: Chapter 1 – Introduction
Group 2 Report: Chapter 2 – Fundamentals of ADR:
3 Group 3 Report: Chapter 3 - Mediation Under the ADR Act of 2004
Group 4 Report: Chapter 4 - Arbitration in General
4 Group 5 Report: Chapter 5 – International Commercial Arbitration Under the ADR
Act of 2004 and Its Implementing Rules
5 Group 6 Report: Chapter 6 – Domestic Arbitration

6 Group 1 Report: Chapter 7 – Other Forms of ADR

Chapter 8 - Special Rules of Court on ADR – General provisions
Midterms
7 Group 7 Report: Chapter 9 – Special Rules of Court on ADR – Specific Court reliefs
 Judicial Relief Involving the Issues of Existence, Validity, and Enforceability of the
Arbitration Agreement
 Referral to ADR
 Challenge to Appointment of Arbitrator
 Termination of Mandate of Arbitrator
 Confirmation, Recognition, Enforcement, Correction, Vacation or Setting Aside of
Arbitral Awards
8 Group 8: Chapter 10 - Special Rules of Court on ADR – Specific Provisions on
Mediation and Other forms of ADR
Chapter 11- Special Rules of Court on ADR – Motion for Reconsideration,
Appeal and Certiorari
9 Group 9: Chapter 12 – Construction Dispute Arbitration
Grade Computation:
a. 30%- Finals
b. 25 % Mid-Terms. Students with an exam score of at least 85 have the option of not taking
the final exams. The student who exercises this option shall have a final exam score of 80. If
 the student, nonetheless, opts to take the finals and get a final exam score below 80, he/she
would be given a final exam score of 80.
c. 5 % - Quizzes
d. 40 % - Reporting
Additional points for complete attendance (if late, will be considered absent), Recitation,
Research and Writing exercises, group activities reporting

Reporting
 Cover salient points. More creative, the better. No PowerPoint; no video or audio
recording presentation
 30 minutes
 Email a copy of report to the beadle for the professor (a day before reporting)
and to classmates. Non-compliance = deductions
 In English
 No joining/changing of groups without prior approval. Penalty: 50% off group
score

CLASS POLICIES

1. FAILURE TO TAKE EXAMS

- Mid-term Exams: no special exams. The final exam score, minus 10 points, shall
be treated as the mid-term score.
- Final exams: Inc.
2. DROPPING
- Dropping period: before scheduled mid-term exams.