Morgan Franklin

Morgan Michele Franklin is a Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) and a Lecturer on Law in Harvard Law School's flagship course on negotiation - the Negotiation Workshop. Her interest in dispute resolution and negotiation stems from an interest in cognitive and behavioral science paired with her belief in the field’s importance in addressing societal challenges. Since her involvement with negotiation theory as a student, she has been able to experience how transformative the principles of dispute resolution can be, both professionally and personally.  As a student at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, she studied Political Economy and Philosophy and during her years in law school at Harvard she was fortunate to take courses on and participate in external engagements related to problem solving and dispute resolution in various contexts, from administrative organizations to direct services. After law school she completed a fellowship in Baltimore that focused on health policy at the local level. Following that engagement, she worked in Washington, D.C. on a team that sought to aid the path to effective reentry for the recently incarcerated by convening groups with divergent views and facilitating dialogue between them to identify workable policy solutions.    In her current work with clinical students, while teaching courses with colleagues on political dialogue in polarized times and the basics of group facilitation, and in the dispute resolution space at Harvard Law School more broadly, she enjoys exploring the ways in which equity considerations and a thoughtful examination of power dynamics might broaden our understanding, complicate our pre-conceived notions and challenge us as we seek a justice-oriented peace.