Renee Hatcher
law and policy in Chicago, IL
Renee Hatcher is a human rights and community development lawyer. She teaches at UIC Law School, where she directs the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law, a legal clinic that provides free legal support to grassroot organizations, cooperatives, and community-based businesses. Daughter of the late civil rights activist and first elected Black mayor of a U.S. city, Richard Gordon Hatcher, Renee is committed to advancing community-based ownership and governance through her work with coops and communities.