Faculty Profile: Kristi Arth

Kristi W. Arth is an Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning & Associate Professor of Law Learning at Belmont Law. Professor Arth’s scholarship focuses on issues in modern litigation, as well as the intersection of art and the law. She is the co-author of one of the leading treatises in Tennessee, Privileges and Protections: Tennessee and Sixth Circuit Law. Her textbook, Legal Issues for Arts Organizations, has been used to teach legal issues to arts administration students in universities across the country. She also founded the Legal Fiction Workshop, which has produced two national winners of the ABA Journal Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. Professor Arth has been recognized as one of the top forty young lawyers in the nation by the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s “On the Rise” Award (2022). She is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Prior to joining Belmont Law, Professor Arth was a partner with Bradley LLP, where she practiced in the civil litigation and intellectual property practice groups. Professor Arth earned her J.D., as well as an M.A. in arts policy and administration, from The Ohio State University where she was named to the Order of the Coif.