Mark Totten
Assistant Professor of Law
334 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6935
tottenm@law.msu.edu
Degrees: J.D. 2006, Yale Law School; Ph.D. (Ethics) 2006, Yale University; B.A. 1996, Cedarville College
Courses: Criminal Law, National Security Law
Biography: Prior to joining the MSU College of Law in January 2009, Professor Totten was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Appellate Staff, where he drafted numerous
briefs on a variety of statutory and constitutional issues before the various U.S. courts of appeals and the Supreme Court. He also clerked for Judge Thomas Griffith on the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Professor Totten’s primary interests are in the areas of national security law, criminal law, and election law, in particular
the role of churches and other religious organizations in the political process.
He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit. In 2005 he helped found and now serves as legal counsel for a U.S. nonprofit working to build a hospital in Indonesia and preserve a nearby rainforest.
He teaches National Security Law, Criminal Law, and Legal Ethics.