Relational Conflict: Theory, Practice, and Strategy for Repair

Harvard HLS

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group examines conflict as fundamentally relational and core to legal practice and democratic life. It explores how clashes over values, identities, and positions are shaped by social psychology and entrenched narratives. Drawing on principles of negotiation, mediation, dialogue, restorative justice, political theory, philosophy, and narrative non-fiction, the group will explore why conflicts escalate, why they so often get stuck, and…