MONICA PARKER | Negotiation Instructor
MWI Negotiation Training Programs
Four Faneuil Hall - Fourth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1632
Phone: 617-973-9739 | Fax: 617-973-9532 | Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Web: www.mwi.org/negotiation



Dispute Resolution Experience

Monica is a trainer and consultant in the areas of negotiation, communication, and conflict resolution, as well as a former practicing attorney. Participants in Monica’s workshops ranged from recently promoted senior tax managers facing greater client contact to financial institution executives dealing with changing culture due to a merger. Monica also provides conflict resolution services for organizations with internal conflicts and communication difficulties.


Representative Matters

Monica has conducted trainings for corporate, non-profit, government, and educational institutions in the US and abroad. For example, she has worked with Capital One, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Deloitte & Touche, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.

She has facilitated dialogue amongst a college faculty embroiled in a dispute, coached an internet start-up on how to improve strained relationships with investors, and helped to develop and deliver a sexual harassment training program at The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina.


Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Monica is a published author. Her books are What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law (American Bar Association) and The Unhappy Lawyer: A Roadmap to Finding Meaningful Work Outside of the Law (Sourcebooks).


Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted

She has served as a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School teaching the Negotiation Workshop for law students and as a member of the teaching team for the executive version of the course at the Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law.


Background and Education
  • J.D. from Harvard Law School
  • B.A. cum laude in English and American Literature from Harvard College
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