Pepperdine Caruso Law Welcomes Brittney Lane Kubisch and Mark Kubisch to Tenure-Track Faculty
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law is pleased to announce that Brittney Lane Kubisch and Mark Kubisch will be joining the ranks of Caruso Law’s tenure-track faculty as associate professors of law beginning in August. “Brittney and Mark have long been instrumental members of our law school community, giving so much of their time and talents–both inside and outside of the classroom–to further the mission of our law school and the lives of our students,” said Paul Caron, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Caruso Law. “I am thrilled that they are joining the ranks of our tenure-track faculty, where they will continue to have an impact on generations of students to come.”
Brittney Lane Kubisch is a Caruso Law alumna and was named the inaugural Ken Starr Faculty Fellow in 2024. Her research focuses on the original public meaning of the Constitution and structural limitations on government power, and her work will appear in the Notre Dame Law Review. She received a BA from Harvard University and a JD from Caruso Law in 2012, where she was the valedictorian of her class and received numerous awards for trial and appellate advocacy. After law school, she clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas at the United States Supreme Court, Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In addition to clerking, she worked in private practice as an appellate lawyer, where she litigated cases before the Supreme Court and numerous appellate and district courts. She is also a Research Fellow at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
“It is a dream come true for me to join the same wonderful faculty that once taught me as a law student,” said Professor Brittney Lane Kubisch. “I look forward to continuing the tradition of making Pepperdine Caruso School of Law a place that shows every student the love of Christ while also pushing them to excel intellectually as aspiring lawyers.”
Professor Brittney Lane Kubisch will teach constitutional structure and remedies.
Mark Kubisch joined the Caruso Law faculty in 2018. His research focuses on the intersection of corporate law, securities law, and the rights of human investors, with an interest in the speech rights of corporations and their shareholders. His scholarship is forthcoming in the Florida Law Review and has appeared in the Texas A&M Law Review and the Wake Forest Law Review. His work has been cited by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and in expert testimony before the United States House Committee on Financial Services. His paper “ESG, Public Pensions, and Compelled Speech” was the winning entry in the Federalist Society’s annual Young Legal Scholars Paper Competition in 2023. His public writings have been published in Bloomberg Law. Professor Kubisch graduated first in his class from Notre Dame Law School, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Notre Dame Law Review and won the Colonel William J. Hoynes Award. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Steven M. Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Prior to teaching at Caruso Law, he was an associate at Jones Day, where he specialized in appellate litigation and critical motions practice.
“Pepperdine Caruso School of Law is a special place, given its commitment to both academic excellence and its Christian mission,” Professor Mark Kubisch said. “I’m excited to continue teaching at an institution that fearlessly and relentlessly pursues the truth while also placing our students at the heart of that enterprise.”
Professor Mark Kubisch will teach corporations and contracts.