Mark Martin

Prof. Mark Martin

Founding Dean & Professor, Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law at High Point University

Topics: Constitution • Supreme Court

Hon. Mark Martin is the founding dean and professor of law at the Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law at High Point University. 

Mark served as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2014-2019. He also served on that Court as an Associate Justice, on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and on a North Carolina Superior Court.

The Chief Justice of the United States appointed Mark to the Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction of the United States Judicial Conference. He also served on the board of directors of the Conference of Chief Justices.

Mark chairs the Thomson Reuters Judicial Advisory Council. He is a member of the American Law Institute, where he assists with the Third Restatement, Conflict of Laws, and serves on the Region 15 Advisory Committee. Mark is also a member of the Judicial Advisory Member to the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Mark has served on the adjunct faculties of Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and the University of North Carolina law schools. Mark co-taught a course on the various modes of constitutional interpretation with Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court from 2020-2022.

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