Robert H Mnookin

Robert H. Mnookin is the Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project. For twenty years he has served as chair of Harvard's Program on Negotiation and as a board officer of Harvard's Hillel Foundation. Before joining the Harvard faculty, Professor Mnookin was the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. At Stanford, he chaired the Jewish...See more

Robert H. Mnookin is the Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project. For twenty years he has served as chair of Harvard's Program on Negotiation and as a board officer of Harvard's Hillel Foundation. Before joining the Harvard faculty, Professor Mnookin was the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. At Stanford, he chaired the Jewish Community Federation and served as president of the Stanford Hillel Foundation. Between 1994 and 2003, he served on the International Board of the New Israel Fund as its Secretary and Treasurer. A leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution, Professor Mnookin is the author of nine books, including Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level (with J. Sebenlus and R. N. Burns). This is the most personal among them. He lives in Cambridge, Massacusetts. See less