S. Negotiation Workshop

The Negotiation Workshop provides students with an experiential, simulation-based introduction to the theory and practice of negotiation. The course will consider such topics as integrative and distributive bargaining; barriers to agreement and ways to overcome them; negotiation skills such as listening, communication, and persuasion; the determinants of bargaining power; client relationships; negotiation ethics; and the role of culture, gender, and race in negotiation.

Students will be expected to prepare for and take part in role plays, to keep a weekly journal in which they analyze their negotiation experiences, and to participate in a final project comprising a 90-minute one-on-one negotiation and a 12-15 page written analysis of that negotiation. The course will be taught in sections of no more than 20 students .

Because of the experiential and team-based nature of the coursework, class attendance is required. If you anticipate missing more than one class session over the course of the term, you should not take the course (or should take it in a different term when you will not have such conflicts). Unanticipated absences due to illness or similar supervening circumstances will be accommodated as is reasonable; makeup activities may be required as part of the accommodation.

SPECIAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Students interested in enrolling in Negotiation Workshop first need to pre-register for combined Section 1, which contains all students in the course. Once you have selected Section 1, you will have the opportunity to prioritize individual sections, each associated with a particular professor. Your preferences will be included as part of the course lottery and the system will register you (or put you on the wait lists) for the Negotiation Workshop as it would for other classes. If the course lottery assigns you to one of the Workshop sections, you will be removed from the wait lists of other Workshop sections. Students can add their name to the wait list of any section of Negotiation Workshop during the Add/Drop period.

Please note: All registered students who wish to remain in the course must attend the first session unless they receive advance permission from their instructor to be absent.

Wait-listed students are encouraged to attend the first class. Those on the wait list who do attend will have priority as spaces open up. In most semesters we have been able to accommodate all waitlisted students who show up in person, though not necessarily in the section they attend.

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Successful completion of the Negotiation Workshop, including its multiple short writing assignments, will satisfy the requirements of either the JD Minor Writing requirement or the LLM Writing Requirement. It will not satisfy the JD Major Writing Requirement. For details on these requirements, please see the official JD and LLM Rules, available elsewhere on this website.