David A. Hoffman is an attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and founding member of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC. David teaches the Mediation course at Harvard Law School, where he is the John H. Watson Jr. Lecturer on Law, and co-teaches the Mediation course at the Harvard Negotiation Institute of the Program on Negotiation. He has also been the lead trainer in several mediation trainings for the American Bar Association.
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Careers
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:
Elder Mediation: An Evolving Practice Area
There is a new mediation field evolving in response to our aging population. While the fundamental principles are the same as other forms of mediation, elder mediation focuses on issues triggered by transitions inherent in the aging process: medical decisions, safety concerns, housing modifications, estate planning, etc. These issues often affect the entire family and
PON 2nd Annual Internship Fair
Are you interested in gaining valuable work experience in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution? Come to the PON Internship Fair to meet representatives of Boston-area organizations that are hiring interns for the spring and summer.
Recruiters will briefly introduce their organizations and describe available internships at 5:00pm sharp. Students will then be able to
Culture and Conflict
Presenter:
Jeswald W. Salacuse
Cultural differences are at the root of many disputes, both international and domestic. The conflicts in the Middle East, the Congo, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, and Sri Lanka, to name but a few, all have important cultural dimensions. Within the United States, globalization and a growing multi-ethnic population have increasingly caused culture to become









