The Winter 2008 issue of the Harvard Law Bulletin featured an article on the work of the new Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP). It describes one of HNMCP’s five projects: evaluating a method for promoting reconciliation within the Catholic community. As part of this project, Harvard Law School students Dave Baron (2L) and
conciliation
Efforts by a third party to improve the relationship between two or more disputants. It may be done as a part of mediation, or independently. Generally, the third party will work with the disputants to correct misunderstandings, reduce fear and distrust, and generally improve communication between the parties in conflict. Sometimes this alone will result in dispute settlement; at other times, it paves the way for a later mediation process. (from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/glossary.htm)
The following items are tagged conciliation.
Slow Healing in the Catholic Church
As the Catholic community continues the difficult process of healing and reconciliation in the wake of abuse scandals, church closings, and critical social issues, the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to avoid Boston on his US visit next spring is a missed opportunity. A face-to-face meeting with Catholics in Boston would have signaled a desire
Whither Neutrality? Mediation in the 21st Century
Leah Wing, Director Social Justice Mediation Institute and Lecturer, Legal Studies Department, University of Massachusetts
What is the relationship between mediation and social justice? Could mediation actually make a conflict worse?
A lecturer in the Legal Studies Department at UMass-Amherst, Leah Wing’s work focuses on the complicated interconnections between mediation, social justice and neutrality. She suggests that
Dispute Resolution in the Healthcare Industry: Social Capital Creation in Hospitals
Ariel Avgar, PON Graduate Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Join PON Graduate Research Fellow Ariel Avgar for a discussion about dispute resolution in the healthcare industry.
Ariel Avgar’s dissertation, Treating Conflict: Dispute Resolution in the Healthcare Industry, examines outcomes associated with different dispute resolution practices in hospitals. He conducted an in-depth case study of a
Developing a Mediation Receptivity Index
Speaker:
Professor Emeritus Frank Sander
Please join Professor Emeritus Frank Sander for the first Dispute Resolution Forum (DRF) of the 2006 – 2007 academic year.
Why are some jurisdictions so receptive to mediation and others so indifferent or even hostile to it? Can we develop some kind of metric (the MRI or Mediation Receptivity Index) to measure
Facing the Truth: BBC and Desmond Tutu Join in a Reconciliation Effort in Northern Ireland
Janette Ballard, Producer, BBC London
On March 4-6, 2006, the BBC aired Facing the Truth, a three part television series that brought victims and perpetrators of the conflict in Northern Ireland together for dialogue. Archbishop Desmond Tutu presided over the events. Janette Ballard, producer of the series, will show one of the programs and comment on
Building a Career in Conflict Resolution
Webcasts
Workshop I – Mapping Your Own Conflict Resolution Career Path
Workshop II – Getting Your Foot in the Backdoor: Strategies for Building a Career in Conflict Resolution
Workshop III – Strategies for Success as a Conflict Resolution Professional
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PON Associate Catherine Honeyman Awarded Grant
Catherine Honeyman, a 2004 graduate of Harvard University and a member of the PON staff from 2002-2004, has been awarded a $10,000 research grant by Towards Reconciliation, Columbia University’s international conflict resolution society.
Honeyman and three other finalists presented proposals for promoting reconciliation in regions afflicted by conflict. The objective of Honeyman’s winning proposal is to
The Role of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Resolving Critical Labor Disputes
Panelists
Richard Barnes – Executive Director, William J. Usery Center for the Workplace, Georgia State University
Peter J. Hurtgen – Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Chuck O’Connor – Vice President General Counsel, Maersk Inc.
Joel Schaffer – Commissioner, FMCS
Richard Trumka – Secretary/Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Moderator
Kathleen McGinn – Harvard Business School
Some labor disputes are so critical to the daily life of
Building A Career in Conflict Resolution
Workshop I – Mapping Your Own Conflict Resolution Career Path
Workshop II – Getting Your Foot in the Backdoor: Strategies for Building a Career in Conflict Resolution
Workshop III – Strategies for Success as a Conflict Resolution Professional
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Workshop I
Mapping Your Own Conflict
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March 8, 2004
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