Sam Straus

Sam Straus is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he teaches courses on negotiation, conflict, and power. Sam is also a Senior Consultant with Triad Consulting Group, where he supports organizations seeking to improve communication, build more accountable relationships, and navigate conflict effectively. Sam specializes in helping intact teams navigate complex group dynamics and coaching leaders driving organizational change. Sam has supported organizations through training, coaching, mediation, and consulting across industries, including financial services, healthcare, law, technology, education, and philanthropy.

Sam has also taught Negotiation and Leadership as a Lecturer at Tufts Gordon Institute and Bay Path University and served as a Fellow for the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program. Sam earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and B.S. in Management Science, magna cum laude, from the University of California San Diego. He is originally from Santa Cruz, California, and has called the West Coast, Northeast, and Midwest home.