Building Conflict Resilience: It\u27s Not Just About Problem-Solving

Political polarization in the United States and internationally has increased enormously in the past decade, resulting in legislative impasse in some countries, political instability and partisan re-alignment in others, and decreased levels of communication, trust, and cooperation across partisan lines in schools, communities, and across the nation. As partisan polarization has increased, I have observed several perceptible changes in the way law school students engage each other around political differences and conflict in the classroom. From conversations with my colleagues, I am not alone in observing these trends

The Negotiation Within: The Impact of Internal Conflict Over Identity and Role on Across-The-Table Negotiations

This article argues that negotiators\u27 experiences of internal conflict over their identity and role - what we term the negotiation within - has a significant impact on across-the-table negotiations in the legal profession and in business. This impact has been mostly overlooked by the literature on negotiation, which focuses on strategic, structural, and psychological barriers to negotiated agreements that are divorced from the real, internal experiences of most negotiators. The article analyzes the impact and suggests a typology for naming and understanding internal conflict. It concludes with a three-stage prescription on how to manage such conflicts described as Mirror work, Chair work, and Table work

The Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution Presents: The Osgoode Mediation Clinic\u27s 10th Anniversary Symposium on Dispute Resolution - Keynote Address, Robert C. Bordone

On February 21st, 2019, in celebration of the Osgoode Mediation Clinic\u27s 10th anniversary, the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution hosted a symposium on dispute resolution entitled Where Do We Go from Here? A Celebration, Discussion and Exploration of the Future of Dispute Resolution. Robert C. Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the founder of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, delivered the day\u27s keynote address

The Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution Presents: The Osgoode Mediation Clinic\u27s 10th Anniversary Symposium on Dispute Resolution - Keynote Address, Robert C. Bordone

On February 21st, 2019, in celebration of the Osgoode Mediation Clinic\u27s 10th anniversary, the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution hosted a symposium on dispute resolution entitled Where Do We Go from Here? A Celebration, Discussion and Exploration of the Future of Dispute Resolution. Robert C. Bordone, Thaddeus R. Beal Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the founder of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, delivered the day\u27s keynote address