Harvard Negotiation Law Review 2010 Symposium looks at internal conflicts affecting negotiation

Feb. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- The Harvard Negotiation Law Review (HNLR) hosts its biannual symposium on Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 9:00am–5:00pm in Pound Hall 101 on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Mass.  Admission is free and a reception will follow the panels. Please register at www.hnlr.org/symposium. Those who register by February 24 will be provided with a free breakfast and lunch.

Negotiation is often described as a conversation that occurs between two or more parties with conflicting goals but, in fact, it is not always between differing parties. Every negotiator brings his/her own experience and background to the table and these internal conflicts—of discordant and competing self-identities—are rarely examined in the academy. Given how frequently internal negotiations cause external conflict, this lack of scholarly focus is surprising. The HNLR 2010 symposium will unpack “The Negotiation Within” in an effort to spur a new line of research and inquiry into this important but under-examined element at the negotiation table.

Panel 1: The Negotiation Within
Robert Bordone: Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, Harvard Law School
Sheila Heen: Triad Consulting Group; Harvard law School
Bruce Patton: Vantage Partners; Harvard Negotiation Project
Leonard Riskin: University of Florida Levin College of Law

Panel 2: Current Research Trends
Jon Hanson: Harvard Law School
Ran Kuttner: Creighton University School of Law; Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
Diana McLain Smith: Monitor Group; Action Design
Michael Wheeler: Harvard Business School

Panel 3: Practical Implications
Erica Fox: Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative
Clark Freshman: University of California Hastings College of the Law
Daivd Hoffman: Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
Monica Meehan McNamara: Psychotherapist; Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School

The Harvard Negotiation Law Review is grateful to the sponsor of this symposium, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, a leading international law firm with offices in the ten offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Milbank provides a full and integrated range of legal services to the world’s leading commercial, financial, and industrial enterprises, as well as to institutions, individuals, and governments (http://www.milbank.com/en).