About HNLR

    Approximately 30% of our articles deal with negotiation, 30% with mediation, 15% with arbitration, and 25% with other dispute-resolution topics such as dispute systems design and court-annexed procedures.
    Our most cited articles include Leonard Riskin’s seminal article “Understanding Mediators’ Orientations, Strategies and Techniques: A Grid for the Perplexed” and Kimberlee Kovach and Lela Love’s response to Riskin’s article, “Mapping Mediation: The Risks of Riskin’s Grid.”

    HNLR articles have also received several awards. I. Glenn Cohen received the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Award for his 2004 article “Negotiating Death: ADR and End of Life Decision-Making.”

    Submission Information

    We gladly consider unsolicited manuscripts, articles, book reviews, and case comments for publication. All submissions are reviewed by the board of the Harvard Negotiation Law Review in a process that focuses on the individual article’s contribution to the existing negotiation literature. Citations in manuscripts should conform to the current 18th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, published by the Harvard Law Review Association. We regret that submitted manuscripts cannot be returned except upon receipt of a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

    Please send hard copy submissions to:
    Harvard Negotiation Law Review Attention: Solicitations Editor Harvard Law School Pound Hall 519 Cambridge, MA 02138

    Please email electronic submissions to: hnlr@law.harvard.edu

Featured Articles

Resolving Third-Party Objections to Arbitral Subpoenas Under the Federal Arbitration Act: A Suggested Approach

By Peenesh Shah* I. Introduction Under Section 7 of the Federal Arbitration Act, arbitrators are empowered to subpoena third parties. When a ...

New Perspectives in Negotiation: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Approach

By Andrew F. Amendola* I. Introduction The field of law is experiencing a gradual evolutionary movement, as practitioners eschew the traditional adversarial ...

Decisional Errors – On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations

The Question is Not Whether Humans Make Decisional Errors, But How to Compensate for Them By Donald R. Philbin, Jr. ESPN recently ...

Power and Trust in Negotiation and Decision-Making: A Critical Evaluation

By Yan Ki Bonnie Cheng I. Introduction This paper critically evaluates the impact of power and trust on negotiation and decision-making.* ...

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Negotiation

Power Differentials in Negotiation: Don’t Let ‘em Push You Around

By Stephen Frenkel
Participants in MWI’s Collaborative Negotiation Trainings often ask how they should handle significant power differentials. Most frequently, this question is asked by those who perceive themselves to be in a position of lower power. “A collaborative approach is all well and good,” they say, “but what happens when the other side doesn’t [...]

Collaborative Law

Collaborative Divorce: A Model for Effective Problem-Solving and Prevention

A Review of Forrest S. Mosten, Collaborative Divorce Handbook*
By Thomas D. Barton**

Introduction
Collaborate Divorce Handbook, by Forrest S. Mosten, delivers what its title suggests–a complete, point-by-point practical guide for lawyers wishing to learn about collaborative divorce techniques.  But this book also offers much more, and to a far broader readership.  It can inspire all lawyers to [...]

Mediation

Making Settlements Stick: How to Encourage Compliance with Mediated Agreements

By Stephanie Singer
Even though mediated settlements often have the force of law behind them, no party wants to have to go to court or return to the negotiating table to enforce an agreement. There are a number of steps a mediator can take to encourage parties to honor their commitments, both during the mediation session [...]

Arbitration

Resolving Third-Party Objections to Arbitral Subpoenas Under the Federal Arbitration Act: A Suggested Approach

By Peenesh Shah*
I. Introduction
Under Section 7 of the Federal Arbitration Act, arbitrators are empowered to subpoena third parties. When a subpoenaed third party objects, however, courts are enlisted to resolve the objection—and, when appropriate, to enforce the subpoena. Should these courts allow arbitrators to manage such disputes at the outset, considering the objection only after [...]