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Careers in Negotiation ^[1]
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The Program on Negotiation Student Interest Group hosted a panel discussion, “Careers in Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Perspectives from the Field,” Thursday, April 17 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Harvard Law School.

In this career roundtable discussion, six professional conflict management practitioners provided insight about negotiation and ADR opportunities along with concrete ideas on how best to prepare for careers in the field. The panelists shared introductory comments about their career paths, explaining the various opportunities and challenges they faced in pursuing a career in the field of negotiation and conflict management.

Approximately 90 community members and students from various graduate schools, including Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Divinity School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, attended the panel discussion. The panelists’ remarks were followed by a moderated question and answer session with the audience.

Panelists included: Courtney Bourns, Senior Associate, Interaction Institute for Social Change; David Eaves, Associate, Vantage Partners, LLC; Sheila Heen, Partner, Triad Consulting Group, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and author, with Bruce Patton and Douglas Stone, of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most; Theodore Johnson, Program Manager & Legal Advisor, Conflict Management Group; Patrick McWhinney, trainer, consultant and founding partner of Insight Partners; and David Seibel, mediator, facilitator, attorney and founding partner of Insight Partners.

Robert Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Deputy Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, moderated the panel.

In response to the increasing interest in careers in the field and in more information about this panel in particular, PON has provided a complete web cast of the event. (Click here to view the web cast ^[1]).

For more information about the Program on Negotiation Student Interest Group, including opportunities to be involved in future career-related events, please contact Jeremy Bird at jcbird@law.harvard.edu or 617-495-1684 x538.