Susan Hardison Chase is a visiting clinical assistant professor of law in the Community Enterprise Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. The clinic promotes economic and racial justice by providing transactional legal services to nonprofit and community based-organizations, social enterprises, and neighborhood-based small businesses in Detroit and other divested communities. Prior to teaching, she practiced as an attorney focusing on community economic development at a nonprofit organization in New York City. Susan seeks to improve and empower disenfranchised and marginalized communities by collaborating to advocate for equitable development and programs that promote community sustainability. She enjoys working in community and is interested in utilizing cooperative ownership models to combat gentrification and empower low-income workers. Susan enjoys traveling and learning about other cultures. She is a patron of the arts and undercover “foodie.”