JEFFREY B. HAMMOND
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., Harding University; J.D., M.T.S., Emory University
Jeffrey Hammond joined the law school faculty in 2007 as an Associate Professor of Law. He received his bachelor's degree from Harding University in 1997. In 2001, he was a joint-degree graduate of Emory University's Law and Religion Program (now Center for Study of Law and Religion), receiving the J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law and a Master of Theological Studies degree from Emory's Candler School of Theology. While at Emory, Professor Hammond served as a research assistant to John Witte, Jr. He also worked with the noted human rights scholar, Abdullahi An-Na'im and co-wrote the Introduction to An-Na'im's edited book, Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa (Zed Books, 2002).
Professor Hammond practiced exclusively in the area of health care law from 2001 to 2007. From 2001 to 2004, he practiced at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. in Nashville, Tennessee, and from 2004 to 2007, he practiced at Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP in Nashville.
Professor Hammond's research interests are interdisciplinary in nature and include the intersections of law and theology, law and bioethics, religious liberty, health law, and the philosophy of law.