Prior to joining Belmont University's College of Law as the founding Director of Belmont Law's Academic Success Program and as an Assistant Professor of Law as part of Belmont Law’s inaugural law faculty, Dr. Tracey Carter was the Director of Tennessee State University’s (TSU) Office of Equity, Diversity, and Compliance, where she served as TSU’s Chief Diversity Officer, Affirmative Action Officer, Diversity Contact to the Tennessee Board of Regents, Title VI Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator, and Section 504 Co-Coordinator. In addition, she served as the Director of TSU’s President’s Fellowship Program and as a member of TSU’s President’s Fellowship Program Advisory Committee. Dr. Carter led and served as Belmont Law's Director of Academic Success for 11 years with an overall focus on assisting law students in excelling academically and by creating a supportive environment that promoted student academic success. During her tenure as the Director of Academic Success, she provided academic support to students in their transition to law school, discussed academic strategies that are necessary for being successful in the study of law, assisted Belmont Law students placed on Academic Warning and Academic Probation improve their overall academic performance, and she provided one-on-one academic counseling, practical tips, and career advice and assistance to law students as they transitioned from law school to the legal profession. Dr. Carter also served a two-year appointment as Belmont Law’s first Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Carter has extensive legal experience. She was a Litigation Paralegal for the law firm of Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones in Abingdon, Virginia as well as a Paralegal Specialist with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. Dr. Carter also served as a Law Clerk for the General Civil Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office here in Nashville as well as a Summer Associate for the law firms of Neal & Harwell here in Nashville and Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell in Knoxville, Tennessee. Immediately following law school and prior to joining Belmont Law, she was a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Marietta Shipley of the Davidson County Tennessee Second Circuit Court in Nashville. Following her judicial clerkship and immediately prior to working at TSU, Dr. Carter was an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office.
Dr. Carter received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Paralegal Studies with a minor in Business Administration from Virginia Intermont College, where she graduated summa cum laude and as Valedictorian of her class. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she made Dean’s List four out of six semesters and served on the Moot Court Board as well as a National Moot Court Team member. Following law school, she also exhibited superior academic excellence at TSU, where she received her Master of Public Administration degree and her Doctor of Education degree in Administration and Supervision with a concentration in Higher Education Administration. Dr. Carter is a Harry S. Truman National Scholar for the State of Virginia, a Nashville Bar Foundation Fellow, and was selected by The National Black Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Black Lawyers in Tennessee.
Dr. Carter has been a member of the Tennessee bar for over 20 years, is a lifetime member of the Napier Looby Bar Association, is a Rule 31 Tennessee Supreme Court Listed General Civil Mediator, and has served in the past as a certified Adjunct Graduate Faculty member at TSU where she taught Educational Law to graduate students. She also completed Harvard Negotiation Institute’s “The Harvard Negotiation Intensive.” At Belmont Law, Dr. Carter currently teaches Election Law, Torts, Negotiations Practicum, Mediation, and Conflict Resolution Clinic and has also taught Constitutional Law. She also served as Belmont Law’s Black Law Students Association’s inaugural Faculty Advisor and served as the organization's advisor for over 7 years.
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