It is the spring of 1997 and I am sitting in Pound 107 while Roger Fisher ’48, Williston Professor of Law, Emeritus, is telling a story about his serving as a weather reconnaissance pilot in World War II. As a teaching assistant for the Negotiation Workshop, I have heard the story at least a dozen times by now and feel my mind wandering. And yet, against my will, as the story reaches its crescendo and the combination punch line/negotiation issue flows from Roger’s lips, I find myself involuntarily leaning forward and, a second later, helplessly bursting into laughter. The note I jot down to myself is: “All of life is about who tells better stories.”
South Africa
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Roger D. Fisher, 1922-2012
A Common Ground Approach to Societal Conflict Resolution
The Program on Negotiation is pleased to present:
A Common Ground Approach
to Societal Conflict Resolution
with
John Marks
President and Founder of Search for Common Ground
and
Susan Collin Marks
Senior Vice President of Search for Common Ground
Monday, October 15th, 2012
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Wasserstein 2004
Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your own lunch; soft drinks and cookies will be
Great Negotiator Lakhdar Brahimi Travels to Syria as United Nations and Arab League Envoy
Great Negotiator Award recipient for 2002, Lakhdar Brahimi, is traveling to Damascus within the next couple of days to attempt to mediate the escalating conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and more than 30 different opposition groups. Describing his mission as “nearly impossible,” Ambassador Brahimi stressed the need for the international community to display unity in grappling with the Syrian crisis.
“Intractable” Conflicts: What Role for Negotiation?
“Intractable” Conflicts: What Role for Negotiation
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
SPRING 2013
Instructor:
Robert Mnookin
This seminar will study several “intractable” conflicts. For some, such as Northern Ireland and South Africa, there has been considerable progress. For others, such as the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, and the United States and Cuba, there has
Systems Thinking and Peacebuilding: A New Frontier?
“Systems Thinking and Peacebuilding: A New Frontier?”
with
Robert Ricigliano
Director of the Institute of World Affairs,
Center for International Education
at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
When: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Time: 12 – 1:15 p.m.
Where: Wasserstein Hall, Room 2009, Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your lunch. Drinks and desserts provided.
Policymakers, practitioners, and academics have seized on
The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid
“The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid”
with
Michael Young
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Time: 7:30 – 9 PM
Where: Langdell North, Harvard Law School
Event is free and open to the public; Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by: Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Mediation Program, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and Harvard
Trying to Forgive and Move Forward
In business negotiations, when a counterpart apologizes for harming or offending you, should you forgive and move forward? What if doing so seems impossible?
In a chapter in The Negotiator’s Fieldbook (American Bar Association, 2006), Ellen Waldman and Frederic Luskin write that forgiveness isn’t an essential component of negotiation; you may be able to get to









