To require students to take a professional skills class for credit, as SIPA does, is rare and perhaps even unique among American policy schools.

Since January 2011, the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) has been running a program called Practicum Series: Drivers of Conflict and Peace.

This two-day conference focused on major labor issues in developing countries, contrasting the official approach of the World Bank and member governments with those of independent academic and policy experts.