Professor of Law, Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar, and Director of
the Center for Institutional Governance. (Business Associations;
Contracts; Corporate Finance; Legal History.) Professor Mark earned a
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 (1988-1989). 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 NSA, and the CIA (1989-1993). 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
(1992-1996); 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.
