About Courtney Teasley
Experience:
**Courtney Teasley** isn’t just a powerhouse—she’s a movement. With over a decade of groundbreaking work in law, education, and community advocacy, Courtney has built a legacy that challenges the status quo and empowers the marginalized. As a business coach, podcast host, lawyer, professor, and founder of emeffen., Courtney’s mission is clear: to disrupt oppressive systems and uplift those who are often silenced.
After making history in Nashville as a judicial campaign manager, Courtney saw the need for even faster, more impactful change. She pivoted from practicing law to focus on business coaching, strategic consulting, and advocacy training. This transition allowed her to expand her influence and equip others with the tools to create systemic change.
Courtney founded emeffen. as a transformative platform dedicated to ending mass incarceration through education, entrepreneurship, and proactive community engagement. She authored *"A New Framework to End Mass Incarceration,"* a comprehensive guide that lays out her innovative strategies for dismantling the criminal justice system's oppressive structures. This expose' is more than just a framework; it’s a call to action for those ready to join the fight for justice.
In her advocacy and lawyer training sessions, Courtney introduces proprietary methods that she’s developed over years of frontline experience. These methods are designed to empower both legal professionals and community advocates, equipping them with the skills needed to challenge and disrupt the systems of oppression that lead to mass incarceration.
As a podcast host and author, Courtney continues to amplify her mission. On her podcast, she shares invaluable insights on blending entrepreneurship with advocacy, building generational wealth, and why it’s essential to disrupt the systems that seek to oppress.
Courtney’s work extends beyond coaching and education; she’s a beacon for those ready to challenge the status quo. Whether she’s organizing with lawyers worldwide to teach her transformative methods or guiding women to unearth their Zone of Genius, Courtney’s impact is both profound and far-reaching.
If you’re looking to engage with a speaker who will not only inspire but also ignite action, Courtney Teasley is your go-to. Her experience, passion, and unwavering commitment to justice make her a powerful voice in any room. Connect with Courtney today and discover how you can join the movement to disrupt, uplift, and transform.
Courtney Teasley's Why?
The United States currently leads the world with over 2 million people being incarcerated, and the majority of them are black bodies. Recent studies have shown that Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons 6x the rate of White Americans. This is even worse when the U.S. Census Bureau reports white Americans as 60% of the majority and African Americans as 13.4% of the entire country. In 12 states, more than half of the prison population is Black. After disrupting as a criminal defense lawyer, criminal justice professor, and social justice activist and dismantling as a campaign manager, she discovered that more innovative and proactive products, services, and initiatives are needed to speed up the change she is demanding and that the D.A.M.M. community desperately needs.
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More About Courtney Teasley
Trainings
Courtney Teasley goes beyond the basics, offering transformative training and retreats designed to elevate businesses, empower communities, and equip leaders with the tools they need to thrive. Whether you’re an entrepreneur looking to scale, a nonprofit aiming to amplify your advocacy, or a lawyer seeking to build a successful practice, Courtney's training programs are tailored to meet your unique needs.
Courtney Teasley Law Firm: Criminal Defense Strategic Case Consulting
We believe everyone deserves a fighting chance in the courtroom, no matter their circumstances.
A black-, woman-, millennial-owned brand that creates proactive products, services, and initiatives to disrupt and dismantle harmful systems.
The Easy Way To Learn Your Rights
Available in the emeffen. Village!
*The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights* is a groundbreaking book series designed to simplify the essential rights everyone needs to know to proactively protect themselves from mass incarceration. Each book in the series includes a syllabus, making it easy for readers to not only learn their rights but also teach them to others in a straightforward, accessible way.
Courtney Teasley, an advocate for the D.A.M.M. (Disproportionately Affected, Marginalized Minority) community, has intentionally crafted this series in African American English (AAE). By teaching in the language of her community, Courtney ensures the material resonates more deeply and is more effective than traditional legal jargon.
Book 1 of the series is now available exclusively in the emeffen. Village! Join the movement and empower yourself and others with the knowledge that can make a difference.
What She Stands For!
Courtney believes true disruption comes from proactively challenging harmful systems and filling gaps for the D.A.M.M. (disproportionately affected, marginalized minority) community. Her disruption is evident in her relentless work: taking on unwinnable cases like #DisruptManchester, the Vanderrbilt Rape case. holding numerous "Know Your Rights"seminars across the state, and serving as Legal Redress Chair of the NAACP, where she filed complaints against unethical lawyers and police, and held the DA accountable for slow-moving cases and unfair plea offers. Courtney’s commitment to disruption runs deep as she unequivocally amplifies the voices of the least of us in every space she enters.
Courtney believes that dismantling systems of oppression begins when we take our civic duties seriously and creatively apply pressure to government officials. It's about moving beyond disruption to actively using our rights, voices, and influence to replace those in office who are making limited, slow, or no change with progressive leaders from the D.A.M.M. community. Courtney exemplified this by running the judicial campaign for her mentee, Khadija Babb, making history in Nashville by unseating a longstanding Criminal Court judge and electing the youngest Criminal Court Judge the city has ever seen. This victory showcased the power of strategic, community-driven action in dismantling entrenched systems and driving real change.
Courtney believes that demanding the change we want to see requires a fundamental shift from depending on government systems to empowering ourselves through education in financial literacy and leveraging private business as a force for disruption. To reduce recidivism and ultimately end mass incarceration, the D.A.M.M. community must harness our collective experiences of oppression to build assets and foster entrepreneurship. By embracing the social enterprise model showcased through her business, emeffen., Courtney demonstrates how creating legal avenues for generating wealth—and reinvesting a portion of profits into funds, grants, startups, and organizations committed to proactive disruption—is a powerful way to drive meaningful and lasting change..