Every year, the Wallace Stegner Center Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) Program at the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law offers our flagship Collaboration Certificate Course (CCC). The 7-session online course teaches the "art and science" of collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution through lectures, case studies, peer-to-peer sharing, discussion, and simulation exercises.

The CCC aims to advance our mission of fostering a culture of collaboration and building collaborative capacity within the Mountain West. In line with this, we give admission preference to qualified mid- and upper-level professionals working on environmental, natural resource, and public policy issues in the Mountain West, although candidates working on these issues in other regions are encouraged to apply.

Course participants acquire:

• Awareness and skills to help them harness the co-creative potential of conflict and participate in multi-party collaborative processes;
• Techniques for identifying opportunities for collaborative problem-solving, as well as skills for convening, facilitating, and sustaining collaborative efforts; and
• Experience assessing whether a situation is ready for a collaborative approach.

Upon the successful completion of the course - which includes participating in all sessions, completing all pre-work assignments, completing a situation assessment project, and demonstrating sufficient mastery of the concepts - participants will receive a certificate of completion. They also have the opportunity to join the Collaborative Leadership Network, which provides opportunities for continued education, coaching, and peer-to-peer support.

Tuition for the course is $1,600.

Thanks to the generosity of the I.J. and Jeanné Wagner Charitable Foundation, we anticipate being able to offer a limited number of scholarships for CCC participants. We receive far more requests for scholarship funding than we can accommodate. Priority consideration for scholarships is given to candidates who meet our selection criteria (which appear in the Application Information section below), and who also: 1) work for small NGOs, small local government agencies, and/or tribal organizations; and 2) do not have access to training funds.

We are grateful for support from the ESRR Endowment Fund for the Wallace Stegner Center, which allows us to keep course tuition costs low in support of our mission.