Alonzo Emery

Alonzo Emery is a mediator, facilitator, and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School where he teaches the Negotiation Workshop. His facilitation work focuses on increasing the capacity of individuals and organizations to navigate difficult conversations and negotiations.

Through his clinical and consulting practice Alonzo has worked with hundreds of business executives, lawyers, judges, civil society leaders, government officials, and educators to develop effective conflict management strategies and to engage in meaningful cross-cultural dialogue. Alonzo has led projects and workshops for HSBC, Salesforce, Hewlett Packard, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, the Asian Development Bank, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and JSW Law School in the Kingdom of Bhutan, among many others.

Alonzo lived and worked in China for a decade and was an Assistant Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Renmin University of China Law School in Beijing. During that time, he launched the Renmin University Disability Law Clinic, the first law school clinic in China dedicated exclusively to serving people with disabilities. As the former Associate Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, Alonzo worked across departments and continents to create online and in-person platforms for international exchange. Alonzo has also taught at Georgetown University and UC Berkeley.

Alonzo received his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, cum laude, and his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude. He has also studied at the University of Cape Town, Tsinghua University, Taiwan University, and Peking University. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees to the Yale-China Association and the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Magazine.