Open to participants from all disciplines and professional fields, the PON Semester Programs are semester-length courses designed to increase awareness and understanding of successful conflict resolution efforts.
Two seminars will be taught this fall: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution runs on Tuesdays for 11 weeks and Mediation and Conflict Management runs on Mondays for 10 weeks. Both programs provide participants with a conceptual framework and practical advice for professional and personal development in dispute resolution. Faculty is drawn from the PON community of scholars and practitioners of alternative dispute resolution.
For more information about our programs, registration, or eligibility for the Graduate Student tuition rate, please feel free to call us 1-800-391-8629 (International calls: 1-301-528-2676), or email us at negotiation@law.harvard.edu.
After years working on Wall Street and on the launch team of a Cambridge start-up, the PON seminar changed my life. The seminar broadened my thinking about conflict management in our families, businesses, and communities and the perspective and skills I learned gave me a sound grounding from which I developed a rewarding career advising enterprising families on managing conflict when continuing relationships matter. After 15 years, the teachings from the seminar continue to have practical, daily relevance to the work I do and I highly recommend it.
Blair Trippe, MBA
Managing Partner, Continuity Family Business Consulting
Author of Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power
SEMESTER NEGOTIATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION – ONLINE
Course Dates: Wednesdays, beginning February 25, 2026 and ending on May 20, 2026 from 6 to 8 p.m. ET (There is no class on 4/22)
Faculty: Toby Berkman and Betsy Fierman
Enrollment: Register Now-Spring 2026!
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SEMESTER MEDIATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT – ONLINE
Course Dates: Mondays, beginning January 26, 2026 and ending on April 6, 2026 from 6 to 8 p.m. ET
(Note: There will be no class the week of February 16, 2026)
Faculty: David Seibel and Stevenson Carlebach
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Difficult Conversations are an important part of the human experience – at times uncomfortable or painful, however, it is possible to learn how to manage a difficult conversation in a constructive way. From business partners and relationships with customers, clients, supplier and colleagues, to dynamics with family, friends, and members of our communities, the … Learn More About This Program
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Difficult Conversations are an important part of the human experience – at times uncomfortable or painful, however, it is possible to learn how to manage a difficult conversation in a constructive way. From business partners and relationships with customers, clients, supplier and colleagues, to dynamics with family, friends, and members of our communities, the … Learn More About This Program
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