Training & Continuing Education

Dr. Tracey Carter is a tenured Professor of Law and founding Director of Dispute Resolution at Belmont University’s College of Law (“Belmont Law”). She is part of Belmont Law’s inaugural law faculty, served as the founding Director of Belmont Law’s Academic Success Program for 11 years and served a two-year appointment as Belmont Law’s first Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Immediately following law school and prior to joining Belmont Law, Dr. Carter was a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Marietta Shipley of the Davidson County Tennessee Second Circuit Court, an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, and an administrator and certified Adjunct Graduate Faculty member at Tennessee State University. She is a member of the Tennessee bar, a Rule 31 Tennessee Supreme Court Listed General Civil Mediator, and completed Harvard Negotiation Institute’s “The Harvard Negotiation Intensive.” Dr. Carter received her B.A. degree in Paralegal Studies with a minor in Business Administration from Virginia Intermont College, graduating summa cum laude and as Class Valedictorian, her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law where she made Dean’s List four out of six semesters, and her M.P.A. degree and Ed.D. degree in Administration and Supervision with a concentration in Higher Education Administration from Tennessee State University. She is a Harry S. Truman National Scholar, a Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow, and has been selected by The National Black Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Black Lawyers in Tennessee for the past six years. At Belmont Law, Dr. Carter currently teaches the following courses: Conflict Resolution Clinic, Mediation, Negotiations Practicum, Election Law, and Torts. She has also taught Constitutional Law.

Catharine is a 3L at Belmont University College of Law pursuing the Health Care Certificate program. Given her background in academic and clinic research prior to law school, her professional interests include health law, litigation, and mediation. Catharine will be working in medical malpractice litigation in Tennessee following her graduation this May.

Nicholas Hayden is a current 3L at the Belmont University College of Law. His interests include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Transactional Law, and Criminal Defense.