Christina Abraham

Christina Abraham recently returned as CAIR-Chicago’s Litigation Clinic Lead. She directs the organization’s Litigation Clinic, which provides practical legal training to law students and advances strategic civil rights litigation on behalf of marginalized communities.

Christina first joined CAIR-Chicago in 2005 as Civil Rights Director, where she played a central role in building the legal department and litigating cases involving racial profiling, workplace discrimination, immigration delays, and hate crimes. Her leadership helped set legal precedents in citizenship delay lawsuits and police misconduct cases, and she was instrumental in launching the organization’s pro bono attorney network.

She holds a JD from DePaul University College of Law and a Master of Social Science from the University of Chicago. Christina has delivered Know Your Rights trainings and spoken globally on human rights, civil liberties, and the post-9/11 impact on Muslim Americans. She can be reached at litigationclinic@cairchicago.org.