Mark attended Univ. Cal. at Irvine and U.S.C. in Southern California and graduated from Dal Law in 1985. Mark is President of the 7th Step Society of Canada and a member of the CBA Criminal Justice Sub-Committee on Imprisonment and Release (and Past- President of the Canadian Prison Law Association and Past Vice-President of NAACJ). Mark practices defense work in Nova Scotia and represents persons sexually abused or injured by police or in prisons/jails in civil actions.