Chaundre White

Nonprofit Leader and Adjunct Faculty

Chaundre brings over a decade of experience as a civil rights attorney and movement lawyer, with a focus on building programs that expand access to justice and strengthen connections in the community. She currently serves as a Professor of Legal Writing at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she teaches first-year legal writing and oral advocacy and mentors students as they develop their professional identities within the legal field. Chaundre serves on the Chicago Mayor’s Advisory Council on LGBTQ+ Affairs, where she works to elevate community voices and support equitable policy development across the city.

Chaundre has led a hospital-based medical-legal partnership with the University of Chicago Medicine, embedding legal services within a trauma center and developing cross-sector collaborations to address health-harming legal needs. Chaundre has also held leadership roles at the ACLU of Illinois, where she developed and advanced strategic litigation, policy initiatives, and public education efforts in the areas of LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive justice.

Chaundre began her career as a trial attorney with Pavich Law Group, a boutique litigation firm helmed by a team of female Loyola alumnae.

Education

BA, Psychology and Spanish, Augustana College, 2009
JD, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2012

Professional/Community Affiliations

Mayor's Office for the City of Chicago

Courses Taught

Legal Writing I and II
Philip H. Corboy Mock Trial Fellowship