Hengameh Saberi
Education
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
S.J.D. Candidate (Doctor of Juridical Science)
Dissertation Topic: Pragmatism, American Mind, and International LawHarvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
LL.M. (Master of Laws)(attained but waived for SJD tuition purposes), 2002
Awards: Full-Tuition Scholarship & Landon Gammon Fellowship
Thesis: Is Determinacy Determinative: A Critique of Thomas Franck's Theory of Determinacy, Legitimacy and Compliance in International LawMcGill University, Institute of Comparative Law,Montreal, Quebec
LL.M. (Master of Laws), 2001
Awards: Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Award, 2000, McGill University
Thesis: Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force to Ensure Respect for International Humanitarian LawTehran University, Tehran, Iran
Masters of International Law, 1998
Thesis: Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian LawTehran University, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Law, 1995
Awards: Presidential Award for ranking in the top three candidates in the admissions exam
Experience
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Coach for Jessup International Law Moot Court (Fall 2006 & Spring 2007)University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN
Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2006)
Course: International Law
Seminar: American Foreign Policy and International LawHarvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, Department of Government (Fall 2005)Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Graduate Program Teaching Fellow (Fall 2005)
Course: Perspectives on American LawUniversity of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN
Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2005)
Course: International Law
Seminar: American International Legal Thought: Pragmatism & ExceptionalismBrown University, Providence, RI
Visiting Assistant Professor (Fall 2004)
Course: International LawHarvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Graduate Program Teaching Fellow (2003-2004)
LL.M. Paper Writing AdvisorProfessor Ryan Goodman, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant (Summer 2003)
Assisted professor with research on international law and international relations (constructivism, law of treaties and norm socialization in economics and international law)Visiting Professor Diane Ring, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant (Summer 2003)
Collected empirical works in international relations for application in international tax publicationsHarvard Islamic Finance Information Program, Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant (Spring 2003)
Updated information for HIFIP databaseInstitution for the Education of Exceptional Children of Iran
Interpreter/Translator (1995-1998)
Provided simultaneous interpretation in workshops held by visiting UNESCO experts on integrated schools and mainstreaming disabled children into the classroomTehran, Iran
Writer/Advisor (1993-1999)
- Provided advice to the internal journal publishers regarding rehabilitation and educational issues for disabled people
- Wrote analytical reports on seminars held about legal and social issues and Islamic jurisprudence for a legal-social journal called Hoghough wa Ejtema (Law and Society)
- Oversaw the social and legal aspects of questionnaires designed to reflect the opinion of Islamic jurists
- Designed a forum for the legal page in a newspaper called Zan (Woman)
The Legal Research and Discussion Group, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Member (1992-1994)
- Initiated a group to promote practical skills for law students
- Organized lectures given by lawyers and professors on general and specific topics
- Published and edited an internal journal
Publications
Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law, Tehran: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Publication Center, (1999)
Presentations and Conferences
Nov 2008 International Legal Studies Colloquium Presentation, "The New Haven's Soliloquy: Pragmatism and International Lawyer as the Policy Scientist of Democracy," Boston College Law School, Newton, MA June 2008 Conference Presentation: "Critique of Rational Choice Theories of International Relations," After Empire: Global Governance Today, Watson Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI Dec 2007 Radical Readers Talk: Law, War, Philosophy: A bitter marriage and divorce? Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Nov 2007 Presentation: "Policy Formalism or Pragmatism? The Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence of New Haven School and Democratic Experimentalism," Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Jun 2007 Round Table Discussant: "Globalizations of Western Law in the 20th Century: Africa and the Middle East," Global Law in Comparative Perspective: Latin America and Beyond, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Apr 2006 Faculty Forum Presentation: "Pragmatism, American Exceptionalism, and International Law," University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN Mar 2005 Round Table Discussant, "International Law in the United States: Contemporary Approaches," Comparative Visions of Global Public Order, A Symposium, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Oct 2003 Round Table Discussant: "Law and Global Governance II," CPOGG/ELRC Joint Workshop, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Summer 2002 Lecturer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Tehran, Iran Presented an introductory lecture to new members of the diplomatic corps Summer 2002 Novin Institute, Tehran, Iran. Lectured at a workshop on Intellectual History of International Law for graduate students of international law 1993-1998 Gave numerous lectures on legal and social aspects of the status of women and the legal rights of children in Iran, for local activist groups, NGOs and public institutions
Other Academic Awards, Prizes and Distinctions
2003 Bonyade Khazaeli's Annual Academic Award, Iran 1998 Institute of White Cane's Academic Award, Iran 1993 National Institute for the Blind's Academic Award, Iran 1993 Initiated the Students’ Legal Research Association, Tehran University, Iran 1993 Initiated an Internal Law Journal, Tehran University, Iran