Mark hagar

Mark hagar is a Consultant with Sea-Change Partners. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Amherst College and holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Harvard University. He served sixteen years on the law faculty at American University in Washington, D.C., teaching courses on contracts, civil liability, constitutional law, employment law, commercial law and human rights, concentrating especially on rights enforcement through litigation. He chaired programs on refugee law and summer law study programs in Chile and China.

Mark has extensive experience litigating complex federal lawsuits pertaining to prisoner rights, police misconduct and victims of state-sponsored terrorism. He is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and the United States Supreme Court. He is also an experienced commercial arbitrator.

Mr. hagar has appeared numerous times on U.S. television and radio regarding legal and political issues. He has authored more than fifty articles on legal and political matters, publishing in popular, professional and scholarly periodicals. His 'American Scene' column on U.S. law, politics and economics appears regularly in Lanka Business Report.

Mark has consulted on legal and other problems with individuals and firms in Sri Lanka, concentrating on complex international and transnational legal problems. He consults on complex writing projects and has trained Sri Lankan lawyers and researchers on writing skills. He has also consulted with Choharis Global Solutions on developing investment linkages between Sri Lanka and the United States.

Mr. hagar has served on boards of the Labor Law Journal, the Center for Progress and Democracy, and the International Labor Rights fund.