PON – Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School - https://www.pon.harvard.edu
The Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School welcomes students from across the Boston area who are interested in negotiation, mediation, and conflict management. Advancing issues of negotiation is central to our mission of helping individuals become more effective leaders. That’s why we offer students access to expert insights, internship opportunities, funding for research, and more.
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We host various events throughout the year, including conversations with world leaders, film series, book discussions, and seminars on current negotiation and mediation tactics employed around the globe. For details about upcoming events, click here.
PON Next Generation Grant applications due May 7
PON provides fellowship and grant opportunities to help qualified individuals pursue academic research and projects in the field of negotiation.
Graduate Research Fellowships
Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Each fellow receives a $35,000 stipend for one year of dissertation research and writing in negotiation and related topics in alternative dispute resolution. The fellowship also provides full access to PON facilities and Harvard libraries.
For list of past awardees and application process, click here.
Summer Fellowships
Summer fellowship grants focus on the connection between scholarship and practice in negotiation and dispute resolution by supporting students interested in exploring career paths, either professional or academic. Summer fellowships provide students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, and other Boston-area schools with up to $3,500 for internships or summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, nonprofit, or academic organizations..
For list of past awardees and application process, click here.
Next Generation Grants
Next Generation Grants support research in negotiation and conflict resolution by nontenured faculty and doctoral students. Faculty and students from any school or department within PON’s interuniversity consortium (Harvard, MIT, Tufts) may apply. Postdoctoral students with formal affiliations to Harvard or one of our consortium schools are also welcome to apply. Doctoral student grants are limited to $5,000; nontenured, tenure-track faculty grants are limited to $10,000.
For list of past awardees and application process, click here.
Graduate Student Grants
Our Student Grants program supports cutting-edge research projects in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution at the graduate level. Grants are awarded for specific research projects in amounts of up to $1,000. Students from any Boston-area school may apply.
For list of past awardees and application process, click here.
Harvard Law School Negotiation and Mediation Programs
Harvard Law School offers a number of negotiation and mediation opportunities in addition to the offerings at PON:
Sixteen teams from nine different law schools from throughout the Northeast took part in the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition at HLS on November 13–14, 2010. Approximately 35 judges, all practicing lawyers in the Boston area, evaluated the teams and chose the winners. A team comprised of two first-year law students from Boston College Law School … Learn More About This Program 
Leadership and Cooperation: A Special Lecture by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Date: November 9, 2010, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Location: Austin East, Harvard Law School campus
On May 26, 2010, Kamla Persad-Bissessar made history when she was sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. She was recently named one … Learn More About This Program
PON Summer Fellows Lunch
Join the Program on Negotiation for a discussion with our 2010 Summer Fellows about their work over the summer. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about ongoing work in the negotiation and conflict resolution fields both domestically and abroad.
Information about our Summer Fellowship program will … Read Program on Negotiation Summer Fellows Lunch
International Law Workshop
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Instructors:
William Alford
Gabriella Blum
This class is intended to provide students with the opportunity to engage scholarly writing in international law, by bringing to the workshop authors of some of the most interesting new work in this field. Generally, our speakers will present work in progress. Students will be required to submit brief … Read International Law Workshop
Congratulations to Jamison Davies (HLS ’11), the 2010 Fisher/Sander Prize Winner, for his paper “Formalizing Legal Reputation Markets.”
This prize was established in 2007 by the Program on Negotiation in honor of Professors Roger Fisher, the Williston Professor of Law, Emeritus, and Frank E. A. Sander, the Bussey Professor of Law, Emeritus, two founders of the … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of … Learn More About This Program
The Program on Negotiation and
The Harvard Mediation Program Present:
Managing emotions can be one of the most challenging aspects of mediation. This training will teach attendees how to handle these difficult situations. The training will focus on three essential skills every mediator should have in their toolkit:
Five Core Concerns
o Participants are introduced to the Five Core … Learn More About This Program
PON Student Web Content Developer
The Program on Negotiation (PON) is looking for an energetic, self-starting student, with a strong interest in negotiation and dispute resolution, to serve as a Student Web Content Developer. This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic organization on the leading edge of research and teaching in negotiation … Learn More About This Program
PON and the Harvard Mediation Program Present:
Mediation and Your Career:
Jobs as a Mediator and Marketing Your Mediation Skills Everywhere Else
Wednesday, March 31st
12:00pm
Pound 332, Harvard Law School
Join us for a lunchtime discussion with mediation professionals and other area ADR practitioners about the ways in which they apply their mediation skills in their day-to-day jobs. This lunch … Learn More About This Program
PON and the Harvard Mediation Program Present:
Mediator’s Toolbox: Key Skills Training Part One
Active Listening, Facilitation, and
Assumption Exploration
Tuesday March 9th
5:15-7:30pm
Room TBA, Harvard Law School
Join us for the second event in a series provided to introduce students to the field of mediation.
This training will provide a brief overview of three commonly used tools of mediation … Read Mediator’s Toolbox: Key Skills Training Part One
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action
PON Film Series
The Kelman Seminar
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