Corey Linehan

Corey Linehan is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches the Negotiation Workshop. Away from Cambridge, he serves as Associate Director of the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. In that role, he supports the Center’s teaching, practice, and scholarship. His work applies negotiation and dispute resolution theory to pressing public policy and organizational challenges.

Prior to joining the Center, Linehan served in federal roles at that intersection. As Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legislative Affairs, he was responsible for helping the Department navigate its relationship with Congress and advance its policy priorities. He also negotiated new health care, education, and national service law as Senior Health & Education Counsel to a member of the United States Seante.

Linehan’s career began as a high school teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. Building on that experience, he has led courses and trainings related to negotiation, leadership, and conflict across the United States and internationally.

Linehan holds a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School; MEd from the University of Missouri—St. Louis, and BSFS, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is an alumnus of both AmeriCorps and the Fulbright Program and a member of the California bar. He and his husband, Chris, and their dog, Chloe, live in San Francisco and are enthusiastic explorers of the parks of Northern California.