Center for Legal Aid Education

Negotiation Skills Online

This  training is Sponsered by the New England Training Consortium

Understanding an opponent's position, dealing with difficult negotiators, measuring potential outcomes and 'leveling the field': by tackling these and other topics, CLAE's Negotiation Skills enables legal aid advocates to become more effective and confident negotiators. Through this two week online course, participants examine the seven elements of the Interest-Based Negotiations Framework and, through a series of four simulated negotiations, practice specific skills related to each. The training includes a combination of readings, self-assessments, web-based presentations and large and small group discussions and practice sessions. In preparing for and conducting carefully chosen mock negotiations (some developed by the Harvard Program on Negotiation), learners participate in a secure and supportive network - with faculty always on hand to offer constructive advice and feedback.

Registration Deadline is Friday, September 30, 2011! Register Now

If you would like information about bringing Negotiation Skills Online to your state or region, contact Jaime Roosevelt at 617-946-4672 x4112 or jroosevelt@legalaideducation.org.

Topics covered in this course include:

Negotiation Strategy

Proactive Efforts to Improve 'Walk Away' Power as Negotiating Tactic

Role Reversal as a Technique to Understand an Opponent's Position

Techniques to Deal with Difficult Negotiators and Communications Strategies to Keep Negotiations Open

The Search for Options and Added Value as a Powerful Negotiation Tool

The Seven Elements of Principled Negotiation

Includes the 'Getting to Yes' negotiation framework

Sample resources for this course

Negotiations Skills Online Course Calendar 2011