Charity J. Fort

Charity J. Fort serves as an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law, where she joined after clinical and academic roles at Georgetown University Law Center. She previously practiced finance law and holds bar admissions in New York, Illinois, District of Columbia, and Iowa, bringing practical transactional experience to her academic work.

Her educational background includes:

• LLM in Pedagogical Methods, Georgetown University Law Center

Professor Fort's research centers on ethics in transactional law, directly inspired by her finance law practice, with significant focus on nonprofit and social enterprise law. Her clinical supervision of Georgetown's Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law Clinic demonstrates her commitment to integrating ethical frameworks into transactional practice while mentoring emerging legal professionals through experiential learning.

She actively contributes to legal education through clinical supervision and teaching, having previously led student teams in nonprofit formation at Georgetown and instructed ethics courses as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, emphasizing professional development and real-world application of legal principles.

Her primary academic engagement involves directing clinical programs focused on social enterprise transactions, where she oversees student attorneys providing legal services to nonprofit organizations and mission-driven businesses, fostering community impact through legal education.