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Inspiring change

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On Earth Day, we highlight some of the work being done by Harvard Law students, scholars, clinics, and programs to address some our most pressing environmental issues.

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Figueres receives 2022 Great Negotiator award at HLS

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As the former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres was in charge of the 2015 climate talks in Paris. In a conscious departure from earlier conferences, she declared that any agreement should be unanimous, rather than merely a consensus.

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Sheila Heen appointed professor of practice

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Sheila Heen ’93, negotiation expert and trainer, has been appointed professor of practice at Harvard Law School, effective July 1, 2021. She has been a lecturer on law at HLS since 1995.

  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: Mediation & Negotiation

Team of 1Ls win international negotiation challenge

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Deftly adapting to a shift in both venue and format, and applying skills from their J-Term negotiation workshop, Harvard Law 1L students Adira E. Levine, Noopur Sen, and Adam J. Toobin were able to negotiate their way to victory in The Negotiation Challenge—an international contest drawing competitors from around the world.

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Catastrophic harms, complicated questions

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With the advent of sweeping disaster comes the complicated question of how properly to compensate victims. The Program on Negotiation at HLS convenes an expert panel on dispute resolution in the wake of mass disasters.

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From the Boston Marathon to a deadly meningitis outbreak, a prosecutor shares negotiation lessons

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Drawing from a wide variety of prosecutorial experiences, Assistant U.S. Attorney Varghese shared insights and anecdotes with the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program’s Negotiation Workshop about what it is like to negotiate in the real world.

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Rachel Viscomi named assistant clinical professor of law and director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program

Rachel Viscomi named assistant clinical professor of law

Rachel A. Viscomi ’01 has been appointed assistant clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and named director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program. She was formerly a lecturer on law at HLS and the acting director of HNMCP.

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Frank E.A. Sander ’52, 1927-2018: A Pioneer in the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Frank E.A. Sander ’52: 1927-2018: A Pioneer in the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Frank E.A. Sander ’52, a pioneer in the field of alternative dispute resolution and a longtime Harvard Law professor, died Feb. 25, 2018. He was 90.

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  • Topics: Mediation & Negotiation

Faculty Books in Brief: Summer 2018

Faculty Books in Brief: Summer 2018

HLS Professor Mnookin, who for many years chaired the school’s Program on Negotiation, joins two other Harvard-affiliated professors in a study of the former secretary of state’s public and private deal-making, based on extensive interviews with Henry Kissinger on negotiation strategy and tactics.

  • Harvard Law Bulletin: Summer 2018
  • Themes: Faculty Scholarship
  • Topics: International, Law and Economics

Subramanian will succeed Mnookin as Program on Negotiation Chair

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Professor Guhan Subramanian ’98 will be the new chair of the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School. Subramanian holds appointments at both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. As chair of PON, he will succeed Professor Robert H. Mnookin `68.

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