Sayeed Hossain Sarwar

Sayeed Hossain Sarwar is a senior lecturer in Law at East West University, Bangladesh. He is the coordinator of the Law Clinic of East West University. He has an LLB and LLM from the University of Dhaka. Sayeed Hossain Sarwar worked with iProbono, USAID, NCSC, ELCOP and Save the Children in various capacities. He worked in the Research Wing of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was Managing Editor of the Dhaka Law Review. Mr. Sarwar cherishes a passion for mooting. He participated in various moot court competitions, including the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition and the Jessup Moot Court Competition. He is one of the organizers of the Bangladesh Round of the Jessup Moot Court Competition. He was the Vice President of Dhaka University Moot Court Society and the President (Admin.) of Notre Dame Debating Club.

Faculty

Faculty Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Research Interest

International Human Rights Law, Indigenous Rights, Decolonization, Law and AI

Teaching Materials

Jurisprudence, Law Clinic, Land Law

Academic Background

Master of Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, Dhaka Bachelor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, Dhaka Higher Secondary Certificate, Notre Dame College, Dhaka

Awards & Achievements

Man of the Year, Notre Dame Debating Club, Notre Dame College

Selected Publications

Book Chapter Journal Articles Book Chapter Conference Conference Sayeed Hossain Sarwar and Psymhe Wadud ‘Salinity, Standard of Living and Rights’ in Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Tapas Kanti Baul, Bayazid Hossain and Muhammad Rezaur Rahman (eds), Economic Development versus Human Rights Abuse: Shrimp Culture in the South (Community Law Reform, ELCOP & UNDP 2019) Arpeeta S. Mizan, Sayeed Hossain Sarwar, MR Rahman, "Challenges of Taking Human Rights Fact Finding Lessons Out of Classrooms: Lessons from Bangladesh" (2019) Vol. 10, Journal of Indian Law and Society < https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jindlas10&div=4&id=&page= > Sayeed Hossain Sarwar, 'Duty of the State to Protect Internally Displaced Persons in the Event of Disaster', in Amita Singh (eds), International Handbook of Disaster Research (Springer 2022) https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_128-1 Sayeed Hossain Sarwar and Ali Mashraf, ‘Strengthening Clinical Legal Education in Bangladesh: Lessons from the East West University Law Clinic Experience’ in 3rd Asia Clinical Legal Education (CLE) Conference, BABSEACLE, 2025 Sayeed Hossain Sarwar and Ali Mashraf, ‘From Textbook Law to Law in Action: A Blueprint of Credited Law Clinic at East West University’ in the Regional Conclave on Justice Education in Asia organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Law College, Pune, India and Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) 2024

Professional Experience

Lecturer, Department of Law, American International University Bangladesh (From January 2019 to August 2019) Researcher, Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) (From November 2017 to December 2018)

Affiliation Professional Membership

Deputy National Administrator, Jessup Bangladesh