Mark Niles
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Office: Room 364
Phone: 202-274-4069
E-mail: mniles@wcl.american.edu
Mark Niles joined the faculty of the Washington College of Law in 1998. He was appointed associate dean of Academic Affairs in July 2004. He teaches and specializes in civil procedure, administrative law, constitutional law, governmental liability, and law and literature. Prior to joining the faculty, he was clerk for Judge Francis Murnaghan, Jr. of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; he was an associate at the D.C. firm of Hogan and Hartson; and he was staff attorney in the civil appellate division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Currently Teaching
Areas of Specialization
- Administrative Law
- Civil Procedure
- Governmental Liability
- Law and Popular Culture
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., Stanford University 1991
- B.A., Wesleyan University 1988
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Selected Publications- Mark Niles & Naomi Mezey, Screening the Law: Ideology and Law in American Popular Culture, 28 Colum. J.L. & Arts 91 (2005).
- Mark Niles, Nothing But Mischief: The Federal Tort Claims Act and The Scope of Discretionary Immunity, 54 Admin. L. Rev. 1276 (2002).
- Mark Niles, On the Hijacking of Airplanes (And Agencies): The FAA, Agency Capture and Airline Security, 10 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Policy & L. 381 (2002).
- Mark Niles, Clarence Thomas the First Ten Years: Looking for Consistency, 10 Am. U. J. Gender & Soc. Policy & L. 327 (2002).
- Mark Niles, Bush v. Gore, 13 L. & Lit. 1 (2001).
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Selected Presentations
- Mark Niles, Keynote Speaker, Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Commemoration (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Jan 2003).
- Mark Niles, Panelist, Program on Law and Government's Preview of Supreme Court Team (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Fall 2001 - 2003).
- Mark Niles, Panel, Clarence Thomas After Ten Years (Am. U., Wash. C. of L., Wash., D.C., Feb. 2001).
- Mark Niles, Article Presentation, Nothing but Mischief: The Discretionary Function Exception and the Balancing of Federal Liability and Immunity, Young Scholars Workship, Session #5 (Southeastern AALS Conference, Annual Meeting Program, Aug. 2000).
- Mark Niles, Presentation, Individual Liability of Federal Government Employees (International Personnel Managers Association, Montgomery County, Md., Mar. 2000).
- Mark Niles, Panelist, The Prime Time Election: From Courtroom to Newsroom (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Feb. 2000).
- Mark Niles, Presentation, American Civil Justice System (Presented to visiting Armenian judges) (Spring 1999).
- Mark Niles, Presentation, Culture of Courts: Internal and External (Presented to visiting Argentinia Judges) (American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Spring 1999).
- Mark Niles, Panel Moderator, Is The A Constitutional Right to Vote and Be Represented? - The Case of the District of Columbia (Program on Law and Government, American University Washington College of Law, Wash., D.C., Fall 1998).
