Patience McHenry

Patience McHenry is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds a master's degree in advanced education. Born in Oakland, California, and raised in Texas and Louisiana, she began her career in the Bay Area, focusing on advocacy for BIPOC and indigent communities--including ex-gang member rehabilitation and support for homeless foster youth. Her previous experience as a K-8 educator nurtured a passion for fostering democratic, global citizenship in young minds.

Transitioning to law, Ms. McHenry earned the dean's merit scholarship and Ron Hunter's Third World Caucus scholarships to the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was elected by her peers as a class representative. She will serve on the University's law journal, The Journal of Law and Inequality. Additionally, she serves her law school community as an academic coordinator for the Black Law Student Association, DEI coordinator and a national Next Generation Leader for the American Constitution Society and as a leader for the women's law student association. Recently, Ms. McHenry was selected as a student instructor for the course Law in Practice, bridging doctrinal studies to real-world litigation and transactional skill development.

Her legal interests include litigation and appellate advocacy--melding logical analysis, writing and research and insights on humanity that only real-world experience can provide. Her legal experience includes a law clerk position with administrative law judges at the Illinois Human Rights Commission and she will be completing upcoming corporate and judicial externships.

Outside of law, Patience enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs, registering trademarks, tutoring the LSAT, escape rooms, road trips and restoring second-hand furniture.