{"id":5,"date":"2015-08-27T14:40:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/hmp\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:03:55","slug":"harvard-mediation-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/hmp\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Mediation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\" style=\"min-height:475px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1058\" alt=\"video clip of people talking at a conference table\" src=\"http:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/hmp\/files\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-1646606030.gif\" style=\"object-position:46% 40%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"46% 40%\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#989495\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left hero-header has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-29b76660ec34e44a71eb77e21c766275\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><strong>Harvard Mediation Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"hero-header has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-de5c2dc31128183324e3a019fa156b82\">A Student Practice Organization at Harvard Law School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-right wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/hmp\/training\/\"><strong>Trainin<\/strong>g to mediate with HMP<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-right wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/hmp\/refer-a-dispute\/\">Refer a dispute<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#a51c30;border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>HMP\u2019s next Basic Training will be held on the HLS campus over two weekends in Fall 2026. 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