Hailey Conner

Staff Attorney

According to my 8th grade English teacher, I’ve always planned to be an attorney. At least that’s what my ‘career research paper’ told her. In all actuality, I have no memory whatsoever of wanting to practice law. After having my own negative experience with public school, I opted to graduate early, leaving my small Texas town. I received a degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University. I started my career in social work before I even walked the stage, and I’m eternally grateful for all that the field, and the young people impacted by it, taught me. I saw gross injustice and bias guiding the lives of the young people I worked with to such a negative degree that I sought out more. I attended Loyola University Chicago as a first-generation law student, obtaining my JD as well as Masters in Social Work. I’ve worked for local nonprofits, federal agencies, child welfare systems, and entirely too many odd part-time jobs along the way. Ultimately, I feel I’ve found my place with TeamChild. In a perfect world, our work wouldn’t be needed. But in our current world, where systemic racism and harm permeates, I am encouraged by the future TeamChild works toward. And, above all, inspired by the fact that I get to work alongside our clients in their work to redefine what justice means today.