Roger Fisher

Roger Fisher is the Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and the Williston Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School, where he has taught since 1958. Prior to joining the Law School faculty in 1958, he worked for the U.S. Government in Paris, practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as an assistant to the Solicitor General in the Department of Justice. Professor Fisher has taught and written extensively on international law, international conflict, and for more than a decade has devoted himself almost exclusively to the task of understanding and improving the process by which people, organizations, and governments deal with their differences. Professor Fisher has 30 years’ experience dealing with international conflict as an advisor and strategist. As an individual, through the consulting firms of Conflict Management Inc. and Vantage Partners, and with the non-profit Conflict Management Group, Professor Fisher has taught and advised corporate executives, labor leaders, attorneys, diplomats, and military and government officials on settlement and negotiation strategy.

Research Interests: Negotiation, Trials/Litigation/Disputes

Select Publications:

Fisher, Roger & Daniel L. Shapiro. Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate (Penguin Books 1st ed. 2005).

Fisher, Roger. “Negotiating in the Face of Terrorism,” 19 Conflict Resolution Notes 36 (2002).

Fisher, Roger. “Property and Contract on the Internet,” 73 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1203 (1999).

Fisher, Roger, Alan Sharp & John Richardson. Getting it DONE: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge (HaperBusiness 1998).

Fisher, Roger, Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Elizabeth Borgwardt & Brian Ganson. Coping with International Conflict: A Systematic Approach to Influence in International Negotiation (Prentice Hall 1997).

Link to website:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=78