Skillful negotiation is an essential component of the legal aid and public interest law practitioner’s toolkit. Through the Shriver Center’s web-based Negotiation Skills training, lawyers and advocates sharpen their existing skills and deepen their knowledge of interest-based negotiation.

A more detailed description of the program, including an agenda/syllabus and overview video can be found here.

The Negotiations Skills training is conducted through the Shriver Center’s online campus; it includes approximately 4 hours of self-paced activities during the pre-training week and then approximately 13 hours of learning activities scheduled over three days during the training week.

Dates: November 30 - December 11, 2015

Registration: Through the Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Advocate Resources and Training Program pages. Click here for the direct link.  

Cost: $600*

* Scholarships are not available, but the registration fee for each Shriver Center course already includes a 38% to 50% discount from the program fee. Click here to read the FAQ to find out more.

About the Advocate Resources and Training Program

The Shriver Center believes that continued professional development, leadership cultivation, and reflection are essential to maintain the vibrancy of the equal justice community. Our trainings offer a dual approach that combines essential advocacy skills with reinforcement of the legal aid community’s core values and mission. In offering a training curriculum that builds upon a progression of courses, the Shriver Center provides resources that enable equal justice lawyers and staff to develop mastery as advocates for justice. The Shriver Center also creates networks that nurture long-term relationships among advocates from different regions who work together for systemic change.

About the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law provides national leadership in advancing laws and policies that secure justice to improve the lives and opportunities of people living in poverty.

The Shriver Center achieves its mission through two programs. Our Advocacy Program works collaboratively with community organizations, service providers, legislators, and other allies to pursue justice for low-income clients. Our Advocate Resources and Training Program trains and connects equal justice providers nationwide to strengthen the ability of these advocates and their organizations to help drive systems change.