About Professor Faith

Prof. Tim Faith is a practicing solo Maryland attorney and Associate Professor at CCBC. Prior to entering private practice in 2009, Prof. Faith spent ten years managing information technology services for a health center in Maryland, and has worked on a variety of technology consulting projects throughout his career, including the implementation of electronic health records systems, custom software and reporting tools, and website applications. 

Prof. Faith began teaching at CCBC in 2013 as an adjunct, and joined the full time faculty for the Spring, 2014 semester as a Visiting Lecturer.  He was hired as an Assistant Professor for the school for the Fall, 2014 semester, and primarily teaches business law and a variety of legal studies courses as a member of the Legal Studies department in the School of Business, Technology & Law.  Prof. Faith served as the Coordinator for the Legal Studies Department at the Essex campus from 2017-2021. In 2020, Prof. Faith was promoted to Associate Professor.

After OpenAI's release of ChatGPT in 2022, Prof. Faith began working with various generative AI tools in relation to his teaching practice. He is also the chair for a College-wide workgroup on using AI in teaching that he founded in 2023. In 2024, Prof. Faith co-taught an academic year-long Connections course for fellow faculty on integrating AI into teaching. In 2025, Prof. Faith released two educational applications for integration into his courses, including Contract Negotiation, which permits students to negotiate with AI for various contract or tort scenarios and draft an agreement based on the negotiation, and Lawyer's Quest which is a role-playing game for students to learn more about various law concepts related to specific learning objectives for law courses.

Select Publications

  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Using ChatGPT to Improve Your Instruction, (2025), NISOD Innovation Abstracts, 42(2), article
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., The Impact of Selected Teaching Techniques on Student Exam Performance in a College-level Business Law Course, (2024), TALES, 4(1), article
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Does Instructional Modality Matter to Student Success?, (2024), Instructional Forum 37(1), article
  • Timothy Faith, J.D. & Glenda Breaux, Ph.D., Open Educational Resources & Educational Outcomes at a Community College, (2023), TALES, 3(1), article
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Assessing Selected. Teaching Techniques & Their Impact on Student Success in the Classroom, (2023), TALES, 3(1), article
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Donna Mandl, J.D., Jill Burke, M.L.I.S., Open Educational Resources and Business Law, (2021), TALES, 1(1), article
  • Amelia Lazarus, J.D. & Timothy Faith, J.D., Torts OER Textbook (2020), textbook
  • Donna Mandl, J.D. & Timothy Faith, J.D., Business Law OER Textbook (2017), textbook
  • Shaun Koenig, J.D. & Timothy Faith, J.D., Legal Research & Writing for Paralegals (2016)
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Virtuality: The Lawyer that is Almost Really There, Maryland Bar Journal (2014)
  • Timothy Faith, J.D., Google Books & Fair Use, Maryland State Bar Association, IP Section Update (2014)
  • Contributor for Maryland State Bar Association, Business Section, web site