Kara Crutcher

Kara Crutcher joins the College of Law from the Promise of Justice Initiative, where she served as a staff attorney. Originally from Chicago, she worked as a clinical fellow in the Community Justice and Civil Rights clinic at Northwestern University, where she supervised teams of law students, and co-led the clinic's civil rights litigation, policy advocacy, and movement lawyering projects. 

Professor Crutcher’s work is informed by her multidisciplinary background in community organizing, group facilitation, and somatic practices. She holds a J.D. and M.S.W. from the University of Michigan, a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and a clinical massage therapy diploma from Soma Institute in Chicago.