Designing the deal

Some of the biggest deal makers put the world on hold while they teach in a class led by Professor Guhan Subramanian ’98. But they’re also there to learn a thing or two about negotiation.

Mission impossible?

Harvard-trained negotiators are working hard on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, in which everyone seems to know where they want to go but no one knows quite how to get there.

Alternative lawstyle

Frank E.A. Sander ’52 had nearly two decades under his belt teaching tax and family law at HLS when Chief Justice Warren Burger tapped him to present a paper on alternative dispute resolution 29 years ago.

Once more, with feeling

For decades, negotiators have struggled to “separate the people from the problem,” one of the cardinal rules set forth in the seminal book “Getting to Yes.” But what if the people are the problem–or at least appear to be?

Online and on the road

A quarter-century after “Getting to Yes,” Harvard’s Program on Negotiation is refining the art and sharing it with the world.

Cooling Off the Planet

Which works better–regulation or market-based initiatives? We ask Jody Freeman, who joined the HLS faculty this year.

Can Dissent Take the Form of Official Action?

Professor Heather Gerken says it can.

Getting real

Ever since Professor Philip Heymann ’60 began teaching a class on terrorism in the winter of 1988, it’s drawn a crowd.

Fallon on the Supreme Court and Medical Marijuana

This winter, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a tug-of-war between the states and the federal government over drug policy. We asked constitutional law expert Professor Richard H. Fallon to predict how the Court will rule.

In Tune With the Law

HLS Recording Artists Project focuses on the legal side of the music industry.