The Negotiation Competition
Buckingham Law School has maintained an exceptionally strong showing in the National Negotiation Competition. The competition promotes greater interest among law students in legal negotiation and provides a means for them to practise and improve their negotiation skills. The Negotiation Competition promotes legal negotiation skills which LPCs, BVCs and law firms take note of when selecting trainees. The simulations consist of:
- common set of facts known by all the participants
- confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side.
The competition is conducted within law schools, at a regional level (among teams representing their respective law schools in the region) and at the national level (for teams qualifying for the final competition) in which law students, acting as lawyers, negotiate a series of legal / commercial issues. The winners of the National Competition represent England & Wales in the International Negotiation Competition.
Buckingham’s internal selection process for the next competition will take place in January 2010. Five students will be selected by a panel of judges composed of members of the teaching staff in the Law School. These students will represent the Law School in the 2010 National Competition.
For more information, visit The Negotiation Competition CEDR website (external link).
