Harvard Mediation Program

Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) are a great way to get involved in hands-on legal work while being supervised by a practicing attorney beginning your first…

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By Stephanie Kelemen, J.D. ’22 Plea bargains are like medications with bad side effects—extraordinarily painful to take, but they get the…

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by Rachel Reed Ask students involved with any of Harvard Law School’s 11 Student Practice Organizations (SPOs) why they participate, and…

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by Peter Daniels ’21 As the world has adjusted to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harvard Mediation Program (HMP)…

via HNMCP blog Patrick Maxwell is a dual-degree candidate for his JD at Harvard Law School and his MA in Law and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School…

by Ethan Lowens and Cathy Mondell
via HNMCP blog The Harvard Mediation Program (HMP) rose to a new challenge this fall: with Harvard Law School…

For International Women’s Day, Harvard Law School honored a host of women nominated by members of the HLS community. Poster stands on the first floor…

  Student Practice Organizations often provide 1Ls with their first opportunity to gain practical legal experience at HLS. Each SPO is typically led by…

HMP students Quent Fox, Laura Bloomer, Pratik Mehta, and Margaret Huang with Clinical Instructor Cathy Modell at Harvard Law School’s Bicentennial Celebration event showcasing clinical programs…

Via the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program  This fall 2018, the instructors and students of Harvard Law School’s “The…

By Matilda Jansen Brolin, LLM ’16—From the application process to what I do at present, I’ve put the pedagogical skills in alternative dispute resolution—developed at HLS through the Negotiation Workshop, courses in mediation and Dispute Systems Design, and in the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program and the Harvard Mediation Program—into practice.

By Lauren Godles J.D. '17—In law school, we spend three years studying cases, with the expectation that by the end, we will develop a personal judicial philosophy. This judicial philosophy will consist of a set of legal principles and preferred modes of interpretation that will guide our analysis of legal issues for years to come.

By Benjamin Hecht,  J.D. ’18
Communications Director, Harvard Mediation Program In law school, especially as 1Ls, we are convinced that being a law student means…

Via Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program On a sun-filled Saturday on April 30, 2016, the Harvard Mediation Program (HMP) celebrated its 35th anniversary…

Front Row (L-R): Rachel Viscomi ‘01, Assistant Director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program; Prill Ellis, HMP Clinical Supervisor; Maureen (Mo) Griffin,…