After studying law and mediation in the People’s Republic of China post-college, David G. Seibel ’97 was eager to find the best training possible in alternative dispute resolution. He chose HLS in large part because of the Harvard Mediation Program (HMP), a Student Practice Organization which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary of training students and community volunteers to mediate disputes in small claims court and other settings.

Given the range of clinic options available at Harvard Law School, why did you choose the Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)? I’ve already been involved with the ADR program at the law school, through the Harvard Mediation Program and the Negotiation Workshop, so I knew what I was signing up for when I chose

In the polarized atmosphere of Washington, D.C. today, consensus is becoming an increasingly rare commodity, as this year’s debates over health care reform and financial regulation have made clear.  To help curb that trend, twenty senior federal officials – both Republicans and Democrats – met in Washington in July to hone their negotiation and consensus

DR. HOWARD GADLIN Ombudsman, National Institutes of Health I originally learned about HNMCP through my professional acquaintance with Professor Bob Bordone. I’ve been a guest lecturer in his Dispute Systems Design class for several years and I am a big fan of him and of his work. When I was at UCLA I had great

HNMCP: What kinds of negotiation-related activities did you pursue at HLS? Jennifer Reynolds: My first contact with the Program on Negotiation was an executive education class I took before law school, “Managing Conflict in the Organization.”  It was a great class, and when I arrived at HLS I resolved to take as many negotiation-related courses

HNMCP: Given the range of clinic options available at Harvard Law School, why did you choose the Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)? Greg LeSaint: As a 1L, I became greatly interested in the Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program mainly because I had come from a teaching career that had required a great deal of negotiation

HNMCP: Given the range of clinic options available at Harvard Law School, why did you choose the Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)? JK: I actually knew that I wanted to do HNMCP even before I came to HLS!  Back in 2008, I had taken vacation days off from work in order to take Prof. Bordone’s

HNMCP: How did you first hear about HNMCP? MC: I first heard about HNMCP through my brother, Brian, who was involved in the program as an HLS student. HNMCP: What were the attractions of working with a team of students around negotiation? MC: In baseball, we do all sorts of negotiations and use different techniques for many