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(February 21, 2006)

Presented By The Program on Negotiation Brown Bag Lunch Series

Brown Bag Lunch
Tuesday, February 28 and Tuesday, March 7, 2006 (two consecutive Tuesdays)
12:15 PM, Austin 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
Harvard Law School
(click for map)

Please join Professor Frank Sander and PON Visiting Scholar Ran Kuttner for a screening of "The 'Purple' House Conversations," a filmed mediation simulation by the founders of the transformative approach to mediation. The transformative approach reexamines the goal of mediation, suggesting that empowerment of the parties involved and their mutual recognition should be the main focus of the mediator.

These lunch workshops are intended for audiences with practical mediation experience. Please click here to download the prepatory information for the workshops.

Professor Sander is a leading expert on alternative methods of dispute resolution and is one of the pioneers of the field. Among other innovations, one of his early papers put forth the idea of the "Multi-Door Courthouse," a court system that helps direct disputants to the most appropriate route to resolution. Multi-Door Courthouse systems are presently in use in the United States in Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Texas, and Washington D.C., among other places, and internationally in Nigeria and Singapore.

Ran Kuttner is a PhD candidate and lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His dissertation focuses on philosophical aspects of mediation and negotiation. He developed a program for certifying mediators in Israel and teaches mediation and negotiation.

Bring your lunch — drinks and dessert provided.