Catherine Christopher is a Dean's Distinguished Service Professor of Law and the Director for Bar Success. Her teaching, scholarship, and service are almost entirely aimed toward one goal: Helping Texas Tech Law alumni pass the bar exam. Professor Christopher teaches a variety of skills, bar preparation, and academic support classes, including Legal Practice, Legal Analysis, and others. Her scholarship, in a variety of formats, speaks to both law students and law faculties about how best to prepare and support students taking the bar exam. As the Director for Bar Success, Professor Christopher spearheads several school-wide initiatives, both curricular and extracurricular, designed to build bridges from law school to the bar exam and on into practice.

Professor Christopher holds a B.A. in Political Economy from Barnard College of Columbia University and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. After graduating from law school, Professor Christopher entered private practice with a small boutique firm specializing in banking law. She represented regional banks in commercial real estate transactions, bankruptcies, and foreclosures. This practice experience informs her other area of scholarship, financial technological innovation. She has written and presented several articles about blockchain technology.

She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Texas, and the Western District of Pennsylvania.