Robert C. Bordone is the Thaddeus R. Beal Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and the deputy director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, where he teaches several courses on negotiation and dispute resolution. Bordone is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. He has written numerous articles and role simulations on negotiation and dispute resolution in journals such as the Harvard Negotiation Law Review and Negotiation Journal. His research interests include negotiation ethics, the role of leadership in negotiation, and the design and implementation of organizational dispute systems. In addition to his academic work, Bordone consults and teaches for a wide range of corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. Before coming to Harvard, he clerked for United States District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. and worked for law firms in New York City and Washington, D.C., as well as for CBS News and the Boston Consulting Group. Bordone is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School.