Morgan Michele Franklin

Morgan Michele Franklin is a Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) and a Lecturer on Law in the Harvard Law School’s Negotiation Workshop. Her interest in dispute resolution and negotiation stems from an interest in cognitive and behavioral science paired with a belief in the field’s importance in addressing societal challenges. Since her involvement with negotiation theory as a student, she has been able to experience how transformative the material can be, both professionally and personally. 

As a student at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, she studied political economics and philosophy while conducting research on voter challenge initiatives as potential mechanisms of voter suppression. While in law school she was fortunate to take courses on and participate in external engagements related to problem solving and dispute resolution in various contexts, from administrative organizations to direct services. After graduating she worked in Baltimore, Md. focusing on local healthcare policy and then in Washington, D.C. on a team that sought to aid the path to effective reentry for the recently incarcerated by convening groups with divergent views and facilitating dialogue between them to identify workable policy solutions. 

In her work at HNMCP and in the dispute resolution space more broadly, she enjoys exploring the ways in which equity considerations and a thoughtful examination of power dynamics might broaden our understanding, complicate our pre-conceived notions, and challenge us as we seek a justice-oriented peace. 

Morgan holds a B.A. in Political Economy, magna cum laude, from Tulane University and is originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2017 and is a member of the Maryland Bar.