#  Sagnik Das 

 

 



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Sagnik Das is an S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science) candidate at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on the history of human rights discourse in the post-Cold War era, centralizing the role of international lawyers. In particular, he looks at how human rights interact with the laws of war as well as international economic law. More broadly, his research and teaching interests are in the fields of public international law, international legal history and comparative constitutional law. Sagnik graduated from the LL.M. (masters) program at Harvard Law School in 2019, after completing his first law degree at National Law University, Jodhpur, India. Previously, he clerked at the High Court of Delhi in India, worked in the arbitration practice of an international law firm in Paris, and taught international law at an Indian law school. He has also taught courses in the history and Gen Ed departments at Harvard College, along with teaching Legal Research for LLM students at Harvard Law School.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Current Role
    
     [Graduate Fellow](/current-role/graduate-fellow)