This past weekend, I attended the final sessions of mediation training that I talked about a few entries ago. Again, it was a fantastic experience, and it certainly gave me a lot to think about. But one issue in particular is really troubling me, and it’s caused me do a bit more thinking about mediation [...]
I have a ton that I want to blog about, but the PON Internship Fair is tonight at 5pm (in Pound Hall 335!), and that’s definitely going to dominate my day. It’s amazing how much planning goes into one event…
Yesterday I took part in another role-play for the Negotiation Workshop. Without giving too many of the details away, I represented a man who had broken his neck using a Super Slipster, a water toy designed for children. This man, Adam, sued the company that manufactured the toy for $13 million in damages.
What made this [...]
This past weekend, I got the opportunity to observe and assist with several professional mediation training sessions. I’ve always been interested in mediation, and having attended training sessions in high school, I found that this program builds on the skills that I learned. But it was also much more in-depth and intensive than any training [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
“Sex differences in negotiation outcomes basically disappear when people negotiate on behalf of others.”
It was this finding that really got me thinking last week after Iris Bohnet, a professor at the Kennedy School of Government, gave a talk at PON last Thursday about gender and negotiation. According to the well-supported research Professor Bohnet discussed, women [...]
So my first simulated negotiations are complete – and they were just as exciting and educational as I had hoped (and less scary). This entry could go on at nauseum as I sift through all the emotions and reflections that these simulations provoked. But I’ll just pick a few.
One thing that struck me related to [...]
Today started off pretty relaxed, and now as I’m getting ready to leave for the day I feel like I have a ton on my plate for the rest of the week. Things to think about include: the internship fair, various projects for Bob Bordone, the Negotiation Workshop… the list goes on. But I’m happy [...]
Today I spent the morning working on projects for Bob Bordone and the Harvard Negotiation Clinical Program. Part of the research required me to call other law schools and ask about some materials they use in their own clinical programs, a task that, a month ago, I would have approached with dread. I remember a [...]
It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a month since I started working as an intern at PON. By now I’ve established a basic routine – the commute from my home in Lexington, the elevator ride up to the fifth floor of Pound Hall, settling in at the front desk or in whatever [...]