In the thrilling final in the historic main courtroom of the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, the team from the University of California Hastings eked out a narrow victory over a strong team from IESEG School of Management from France to earn the title "World Champions of Negotiation". To reach the final the Californians had to fight through 4 qualifying rounds against 11 other teams from around the world.

Who can best prevail in negotiations, which team argues particularly advantageous and applies the smartest negotiation strategie will be tested in "The Negotiation Challenge" (TNC) - a unique international negotiation competition. From March 11 - 13, 2011 another three day challenge will be on to find the best negotiators in the world. The event will again, take place at HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management in historic Leipzig, Germany.

"As an LL.M. I look forward to experimenting the application of skills I developed at Harvard, as well as from moot court competitions and legal practice, in a new setting where I will be surrounded by intelligent and dynamic people. Our team members took a course on negotiation at Harvard we had some practice rounds, knowing that our fellow participants are surely going to give us some experience to remember" (Verapat New Pariyawong, Harvard Student)

Launched in 2007 as part of a joint project by students and doctoral candidates from HHL and Harvard Law School, the TNC is about testing communication and mental acuity skills in a "real world" negotiation competition with other international teams.  The competition is also about networking.  It is a unique opportunity to develop relationships with committed students from Europe and around the world who will be among the leaders of tomorrow.