Renee Hatcher
Director of the Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law
Assistant Professor of Law
About
Renee Hatcher is a human rights and solidarity economy lawyer. She is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Law Clinic at UIC Law, a legal clinic that provides free legal support to grassroot organizations, cooperatives, and other solidarity economy enterprises. 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 the Black Freedom Movement through her work with coops and communities. She is a member of the leadership team for the Black Abolitionist Solidarity Economy (BASE) Fellowship and a member of Law for Black Lives Movement Lawyering Squad. Her writing focuses on solidarity economy and the law.