Christina J. Bennett
Visiting Assistant Professor
B.S., Vanderbilt University, 2004
J.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2007
Christina Juris Bennett joined the faculty in August 2011 to teach one section of Legal Writing.
Professor Bennett graduated from Washington University in St.Louis School of Law, where she competed regularly in moot court competitions and received several recognitions for her dedication to public service. During her third year of law school, Bennett also represented victims of domestic violence and police brutality in the Civil Justice Clinic. After graduation, Bennett clerked for two years with Judge R. W. Wedemeyer on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. She then joined a small firm in Nashville, Tennessee, where she managed the bankruptcy and debt-related practice. After practicing, Bennett joined Vanderbilt University Law School Professor Roger Conner to form Common Ground Cases, a public policy-based special project of Search for Common Ground. As the Research Director of Common Ground Cases, she developed a digital archive of documents related to TennCare (Tennessee's Medicaid program). In addition, Bennett wrote Uncovering the Common Grounds of TennCare Stakeholders: A Complete Timeline from 1935-2010 with the Stakeholders' Perspectives, a book manuscript describing the events of TennCare through the four major stakeholders' perspectives.
Bennett is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Tennessee, and she has been admitted to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. She is also a past member of the Harry Phillips Inns of Court.