Career Panels and Internship Fair

Career Panels
Internship Fair
Student Profiles (new!)
Dispute Resolution Directory

Career Panels

Each year PON organizes a number of Career Panels to support students in their effort to build a career in the field of negotiation and conflict resolution. For example, the Building A Career in Conflict Resolution Series brought leading academics and practitioners together to share valuable insight and experiences in the following three areas:

• Overview of entry points into the Conflict Resolution field,
• Career panels on mediation, training, and research, and
• Skills for success as a conflict resolution professional.

The panels consisted of mediators, trainers, consultants, and analysts engaged in resolving conflict internationally and locally on policy issues, in the legal system, and within organizations. Click on the links below to view the webcasts.

The Emerging Careers in Dispute Resolution panel featured:

• David Matz, moderator
  Program Director, UMass Boston Program in Dispute Resolution
• Deepak Malhotra
  Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
• Linda Wilcox
  Ombudsperson, Harvard Medical School
• Peter Woodrow
  Co-Director, Reflecting on Peace Practice Project, Collaborative for Development Action

The Building a Career in Conflict Resolution series of panels featured:

• Bob Bordone
  Lecturer, Harvard Law School
• Diana Chigas
  Professor of Practice, Fletcher School and Conflict Management Group
• Ericka Gray
  Trainer, Mediator, Psychologist; DisputEd, Boston College Law School, Suffolk University School of Law
• Susan Podziba
  Principal and Public Policy Mediator, Susan Podziba and Associates
• David Seibel
  President, Insight Partners and Insight Collaborative
  
  

Annual Internship Fair

The annual PON Internship Fair provides an opportunity for local practitioners and academics to recruit students for semester and summer internships and research assistantships.

In 2006, the following organizations participated: Boston Law Collaborative, Community Dispute Settlement Center, CMPartners, Consensus Building Institute, Department of Education, Family Mediation Project, Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative, Insight Partners, Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution, Mediation Works Incorporated, Mercy Corps Conflict Management Group, Metropolitan Mediation Services, Negotiation Journal, Program on Negotiation Summer Fellowship.

Student Profiles

The SIG Student Profiles show how students are learning more about and getting involved in the fields of negotiation, conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Read the pofiles for more details!

Virginia Chau, Lesley University
Kyle Glover, Harvard Law School and Fletcher School at Tufts University

Dispute Resolution Directory

The PON Dispute Resolution Directory is another useful resource, as it provides a comprehensive guide to educational opportunities and internships in the greater Boston area for those interested in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution.