Micaela Alvarez joined Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in September 2021, as Program Counsel for the Equitable Community Development and Housing practice area. Before joining Chicago Lawyers’ Committee, Micaela served as Managing Attorney in the Tenants’ Rights Practice at Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland, CA, where she focused on high-impact affirmative litigation and managed the program’s clinic practice. In her cases, Micaela represented low-income tenants in lawsuits against their landlords for violations of state and local housing law. She joined Centro Legal in 2017 as an Equal Justice Works fellow.

Micaela graduated from Harvard Law School in 2017, with recognition for performing over 1000 hours of pro bono service, primarily in the Harvard Legal Services Center’s Housing Clinic and Prison Legal Assistance Project. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, where she was a member of the women’s soccer team.

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You can contact Micaela Alvarez at malvarez@clccrul.org.