Mark R. Brown
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Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair of Law
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Ph: 614-236-6590 | Fx: 614-236-6956 | Room: 590 | mbrown@law.capital.edu
Constitutional law expert, Mark Brown is Capital’s Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair of Law. He joined the faculty in 2003 and has taught at several other law schools, including the University of Illinois, Stetson University, Florida State University and Ohio State University. Professor Brown has co-authored, with Kit Kinports, the book, “Constitutional Litigation Under § 1983.” He also has authored several articles addressing various constitutional issues, including religion, elections, parents’ rights, gender discrimination and government’s financial liability for the wrongs it inflicts. For 18 years, he was a cooperating attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc. and has litigated many pro bono cases. He clerked for the Honorable Harry W. Wellford of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and was a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States.
Career Highlights
- Clerked for the Honorable Harry W. Wellford, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1984-1985);
- Judicial Fellow to the Supreme Court of the United States (1993-1994);
- Cooperating Attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc. in a variety of civil rights cases, 1986-2004;
- Chair, AALS Section on Civil Rights (2002-2003).
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Selected Publications
- M. Brown & K. Kinports, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW UNDER § 1983 (Lexis 2003) & 2007 Supplement.
- Policing Ballot Access: Lessons From Nader’s 2004 Run for President, 35 Cap. U. L. Rev. 165 (2006).
- Ballot Fees as Impermissible Qualifications for Federal Office, 54 Am. U. L. Rev. 1283 (2005).
- Closing the Crusade: A Brief Response to Professor Woodhouse, 34 Cap. U. L. Rev. 331 (2005).
- A Primer on Attorney’s Fees Under § 1988, 37 Urban Lawyer 663 (2005), reprinted in 22 Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook 16-1 (2006, S. Saltzman, ed.)
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Courses
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Litigation
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Education
- LL.M., University of Illinois College of Law
- J.D., valedictorian, University of Louisville School of Law
- B.S., University of Dayton
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Online Resources
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