Prof. Ellen Black

Prior to joining the Belmont faculty, Ellen Black was an associate at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York City where she practiced in the areas of products liability and commercial litigation.  While at Chadbourne, she served on the recruiting committee and was actively engaged in pro bono projects, including counseling incarcerated women on their child visitation and custodial rights, representing a criminal defendant in a pro bono appeal, and assisting New York Interfaith Disaster Services on various legal issues.  Professor Black also attended and graduated from the International Association Defense Counsel Trial Academy.  Prior to practicing at Chadbourne, Professor Black worked as an associate at the firm Gholson, Hicks & Nichols in Columbus, Mississippi, where she focused on litigation involving medical malpractice, toxic tort, and construction cases.  She also taught as an adjunct instructor at Mississippi University for Women.

Professor Black serves on the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services Board and the Mississippi University for Women Foundation Board and is a member of the Food and Drug Law Institute.  She is admitted to the New York, Tennessee, and Mississippi bars.  She teaches Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Family Law and serves as Director of the Field Placements Program.  She is also the faculty sponsor for the Women’s Law Student Association.

Professor Black earned her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Mississippi University for Women and her Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she held the position of articles editor on the Texas Tech Law Review.