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Gregory Mark
Associate Dean for Institutional Affairs, Professor of Law and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar
Professor Mark earned his B.A. from Butler University, an M.A. in history from Harvard University, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was articles editor for the Law Review. He was a teaching fellow in the history department at Harvard from 1981 to 1985, and a law clerk to Judge Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1988-89). Professor Mark served as associate counsel for the Office of Independent Counsel in the Iran/Contra matter, where he helped develop U.S. v. Clarridge (which was terminated by a presidential pardon); led a project on foreign intelligence and national security concerns in the prosecution of government officials; and acted as liaison to the White House Counsel’s Office, the U.S. Senate, the N.S.A., and the C.I.A. (1989-93). He also was an assistant professor at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, teaching Business Associations II (Corporations), Corporate Finance, American Legal History, and a seminar on the History and Theory of the Firm (1992-96), and in 1994 was a visiting faculty member at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Professor Mark joined the Rutgers–Newark faculty in 1996. He also is a member of the graduate faculty in the history department. His publications focus on the areas of corporate finance, corporate governance, and American legal history. Professor Mark enjoys conversation about virtually anything over a good cup of coffee or a nice glass of wine.