Rachael Andersen-Watts leads the Law School's Academic Success program, which supports students with individualized coaching designed to enhance their legal education. She taught Legal Writing from 2015 to 2020 before launching the Academic Success program in 2021. She has also worked in private practice, principally in health care law, in Nashville and Detroit. Her work as an attorney included regulatory, contract and transactional representation along with research and writing related to litigation matters. She is certified to serve as a Rule 31 mediator in family and civil disputes.