Williston Negotiation Competition

The Williston Negotiation Competition is an annual negotiation and contract drafting competition at Harvard Law School.

Students work in paired teams of two, with each team representing a side in a complex business deal. At the end of the competition, each pair of teams submits a single contract, and each side submits a private memo to its client explaining why the client should accept the agreement.

The competition is judged by experienced negotiators from the Harvard Program on Negotiation. Teams are evaluated on three basic factors: value creation, value claiming, and contract drafting. First place is awarded to the pair of teams that produces the best overall agreement. Of the remaining teams, second place awards go to the two teams that best represent the interests of their respective sides in the negotiation.

Now in its 58th year, the competition honors Samuel Williston, professor at Harvard Law School from 1895 to 1938 and author of a classic treatise on contracts.

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Winners

Notable Winners

Jonathan Zittrain

Notes

  1. ^ Harvard Program on Negotiation - 58th Annual Williston Competition Winners
  2. ^ Harvard Program on Negotiation - 57th Annual Williston Competition Winners
  3. ^ Harvard Program on Negotiation - 56th Annual Williston Competition Winners
  4. ^ Harvard Law School Record - 54th Annual Williston Competition Winners
  5. ^ Harvard Program on Negotiation - 51st Annual Williston Competition Winners

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