Robert Mnookin
Williston Professor of Law, HLS Faculty Chair, PON

Please join Professor Robert Mnookin as he talks about his career path, shares his research interests, and offers advice to students interested in working in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution.

A leading expert in the field of conflict resolution, Williston Professor of Law Robert H. Mnookin … Read More 

Interested in negotiation and conflict resolution?

Meet students, faculty and others interested in Alternative Dispute Resolution at PON’s annual Open House! Free food and drinks, and information about ways for students to get involved.
Brief presentations at 7:30 pm.

The negotiation social event of the year!

For more info, contact Sarah Whitman at swhitman@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-9689. … Read More 

The Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) provides Harvard Law School students with practical, real-world experience in the fields of negotiation, dispute resolution and conflict management, with a focus on conflict mapping and dispute systems design. Students in the program are paired with outside organizations, institutions or individuals who provide projects related to negotiation, … Read More 

Harvard Negotiators (“HN”) is an HLS student organization that seeks to provide law students with opportunities to become actively involved in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution while working with clients in the “real” world.

Using the core concepts developed by faculty and researchers at the Program on Negotiation, Harvard Negotiators works on teams to … Read More 

For additional information about the current offerings at PON’s consortium schools and other Boston area universities offering courses in conflict resolution and negotiation please visit their websites:

Harvard Business School
Harvard Law School
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Brandeis University
Simmons College
UMass Boston
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Career Panels

Each year PON organizes a number of Career Panels to support students in their effort to build a career in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution. For example, the Building A Career in Conflict Resolution Series brought leading academics and practitioners together to share valuable insight and experiences in the following three areas:

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For more than three decades, Professor Frank E. A. Sander has been a leader in the field of alternative dispute resolution. His publications and papers — widely used in law schools throughout the country — have been important contributions to the acceptance and growth of the field. One of his earlier papers put forth the … Read More 

A comprehensive list of faculty in the Boston area who teach negotiation, mediation, and other conflict resolution courses. … Read More 

The courses in this Directory relate to the resolution or management of conflict in a variety of settings. Courses in substantive law in particular fields (such as labor law) are generally not included unless they contain major segments on the resolution of disputes. Courses in related fields, such as arms control and disarmament, are also … Read More