Symposium 2011

HNLR’s 2011 Symposium:

The Criminalization of Conflict Resolution:

The Impact of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project on ADR and Human Rights Work

March 25, 2011 @ Harvard Law School

Introductory Framework

Featuring: Stephan Sonnenberg

Panel 1: Analyzing the Decision

Featuring: Martha Field, Robert Mnookin, Philip Heymann

Introduction & Panel 1 Video

Panel 2: Moving Forward

Featuring: Eileen Babbitt, Ralph Fertig, Ervin Staub, Nathan Stock

Panel 2 Video

Thank you to our sponsor:

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Fund

This event was presented by:

Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program

Harvard Human Rights Journal, Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights, Harvard Law & International Development Society

Negotiation, not adjudication, resolves most legal conflicts. However, despite the fact that dispute resolution is central to the practice of law and has become a “hot” topic in legal circles, a gap in the literature persists. “Legal negotiation” — negotiation with lawyers in the middle and legal institutions in the background — has escaped systematic analysis.

The Harvard Negotiation Law Review works to close this gap by providing a forum in which scholars from many disciplines can discuss negotiation as it relates to law and legal institutions. It is aimed specifically at lawyers and legal scholars.