Mark Niles

Biography

Mark Niles joined Seattle University School of Law as Dean and Professor of Law on July 1, 2010. He was previously associate dean for academic affairs and professor at American University, Washington College of Law. He has taught and specializes in civil procedure, administrative law, constitutional law, governmental liability, and law and literature. As associate dean for academic affairs, he spearheaded significant developments in the first-year curriculum and in academic skills instruction.

After graduating from Stanford Law School, Dean Niles served as a clerk for the Honorable Francis Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, as an associate at the D.C. firm of Hogan and Hartson, and as a staff attorney in the civil appellate division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he argued cases in several federal circuit courts. He has served as the Reporter for the Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Dean Niles has published numerous articles and essays on subjects including the Ninth Amendment, federal tort liability, airline security regulation, the first decade of the tenure of Justice Clarence Thomas, and the depiction of law and justice in American popular culture.