We serve client organizations like yours—corporations, non-profits, government agencies, community groups—facing real world challenges that would benefit from strategic negotiation and conflict management advice, or dispute resolution system evaluation and design. A team of our students, trained in both the theory and practice of dispute resolution, will spend a semester exercising their skills and knowledge on behalf of your organization and receive academic course credit for their work.
For a fuller listing of our clients, please see Our Projects. To find out more about working with HNMCP, visit our Becoming a Client page.
2019 Fall Projects
California State University, Channel Islands, Ombuds
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Dispute System Design
Students: Sunnie Ning & Areeb Salim
California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI) is the newest university in the California State University system (est. 2002) with a focus on serving the Hispanic community and first-generation college students. CSUCI employs approximately 1,100 faculty and staff and has a student population of approximately 7,100. Enrollment is expected to rise in coming years, and the… More
Harris County, Justice of the Peace 7-1
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Dispute System Design
Students: Stefan Lehnardt, Zekariah McNeal, and Daniel Oyolu
Justice Courts in Texas have original jurisdiction over criminal cases involving fine-only “Class C” misdemeanors for both juveniles and adults, which can result in fines of up to $500+. Many of the juvenile Class C charges filed and suspensions are the result of school-based behavior, particularly physical altercations between students, which are charged as “Disorderly… More
Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District (SAU 47)
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Dispute System Design
Students: Oliver Booth, Marla Blum, and Agnieszka Regiec
The Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District (SAU 47) serves two rural New Hampshire towns with a combined population of approximately 11,000 and four district schools. This project with the Harvard Dispute Systems Design Clinic will be working with both the School District Administration and the Jaffrey-Rindge Educations Association (JREA), a collective bargaining unit representing all the… More
New Hampshire Judicial Council
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Stakeholder Assessment
Students: Obianuju Enworom & June Koo
The Judicial Council is a state agency that is part of the Executive Branch of the New Hampshire state government, created to serve as a neutral forum for the discussion and presentation of ideas about how to improve the delivery of justice in the state of New Hampshire. Historically, parent representation in child protection cases… More
New Jersey Division on Civil Rights
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Dispute System Evaluation
Students: Coleman Saunders, Jenny Shim, and Oladeji Tiamiyu
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR), an agency within the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety/Office of the Attorney General, is charged with enforcing the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and the New Jersey Family Leave Act. DCR accepts and investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in employment, housing, or… More
Public International Law & Policy Group
Semester: 2019 Fall
Project Type: Consensus Building Effort, Curriculum Development
Students: Brooke Davies, Nicholas Friedel, and Patrick Maxwell
The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, operates as a non-profit, global pro bono law firm with a proven record of providing expert guidance to parties engaged in peace processes. In recent years, PILPG has experienced an increase in clients operating as a coalition and/or seeking to build… More