Our Team

HNMCP Faculty and Staff                                                                                          

Professor Robert Bordone Thaddeus R. Beal Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Director, HNMCP

Most students at Harvard Law School know Professor Bob Bordone as the lead instructor for Harvard Law School’s Spring Negotiation Workshop. He is the most recent recipient of the 2007 Albert Sacks-Paul Freund Teaching Award, presented annually by the student body to one member of the Law School faculty for their teaching excellence, mentorship of students, and general contributions to the life of the Law School.  Bob also teaches several other research courses on dispute resolution, leadership, and dispute systems design, and he supervises the three student organizations at Harvard Law School devoted to the application of ADR and negotiation to the world around them (the Harvard Mediation Program, the Harvard Negotiators, and the Harvard Negotiation Law Review).  Most recently, Bob spearheaded the creation of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program, which he now directs.

In his free time, Bob often works as a professional consultant, facilitator and scholar in the field of negotiations and dispute management.  Bob has worked with a range of corporate clients including Premera Blue Cross, Health Net, Gap, Inc., Fidelity Investments, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Exelon, and Microsoft.  In addition, he has worked on projects with nonprofit, educational, governmental and cultural institutions such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Massachusetts General Hospital, Princeton Regional Schools, Dartmouth College, Fort Wayne, Indiana Schools, the U.S. Department of Justice, the United Way, the International Criminal Court at The Hague, DePaul University, and the Vienna School of Economics and Business Administration.  Furthermore, he has taught executive negotiation seminars to a large number of legal professionals, ranging from public interest attorneys working for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources to private corporate attorneys working at major law firms in both the United States and internationally. 

His research interests include the design and implementation of dispute resolution systems, the development of a problem-solving curriculum in law schools, and ADR ethics.  Bob is co-editor of The Handbook of Dispute Resolution, (Jossey-Bass, 2005), recipient of the 2005 Book Award from the National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution.  Bob has also authored a number of articles including Negotiation Teaching in Law Schools, a working paper published in Negotiation Pedagogy: A Research Survey of Four Disciplines, 11 (2000); Teaching Interpersonal Skills for Negotiation and for Life in the Negotiation Journal (October 2000) and Electronic Online Dispute Resolution: A Systems Approach—Potential, Problems, and a Proposal, 3 Harv. Neg. L. Rev. 175 (1998).  He has written numerous case simulations used in Harvard negotiation courses and other American law schools.  A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Mr. Bordone clerked for the Honorable George A. O’Toole, Jr. and worked for Crowell & Moring, LLP in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston Consulting Group, and CBS News before returning to Harvard.

As the Director of HNMCP, Bob is responsible for the overall functioning of the clinic, and he also manages some of the clinical projects. 

Stephan Sonnenberg Lecturer on Law Clinical Fellow, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP)

Before joining the HNMCP staff during the summer of 2007, Stephan worked with the International Rescue Committee in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, to promote community-owned strategies of preventing and addressing human rights abuses in communities traumatized by two decades of war.  Before that, Stephan received graduate degrees from Harvard Law School, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris, where he focused his studies on the intersections between human rights, conflict resolution, and humanitarian and development assistance to countries in transition.  As a student activist, he coordinated several advocacy projects focusing on human rights issues in the United States, the former Soviet Union, Western Europe, and Africa.

As the clinical fellow, Stephan is primarily responsible for working with potential clients to prepare projects, and to subsequently supervise those projects not managed by Professor Bordone.

Jessica Glynn Clinical Coordinator, Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) Faculty Assistant for Professor Robert Bordone

Jessica joined HNMCP in September of 2007, after completing the classroom hours for her Masters in Development Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.  Jessica was in Tanzania as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, and – in addition to her studies, she also founded a youth leadership program called Info Fun Camp which continues to thrive after her departure.  Prior to her year in Tanzania, Jessica worked as the executive assistant to the president of the Pro-Bono Institute at Georgetown Law Center. She graduated from the George Washington University in 2005 with a Bachlors in Political Science focused on Public Policy.

Jessica serves as the nerve center of the clinic; handling publicity including the website, print brochure, and alumni connections, as well as fielding questions from students, clients, and colleagues alike. Please feel free to contact Jessica with any questions or comments about HNMCP.