Cassondra Church is an enrolled member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and was born and raised in West Michigan. She currently works as a Justice Associate for The Whitener Group (TWG) where she conducts tribal court assessments, drafts benchbooks, assists with child welfare program assessments, designs court clerk manuals, implements trauma informed trainings, and collaborates on other court and justice related projects. Before joining TWG, Cassondra was the Legal Counselor at the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law where she provided academic support to first-year law students, co-taught the Indian Law Clinic, co-coached the MSU National Native American Law Students Association moot court team, and conducted scholarly research. She received her Juris Doctor and a Certificate in Indigenous Law from Michigan State University College of Law. Cassondra also holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Social Work from Michigan State University. She is a graduate of the Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) class of 2018 and served as a PLSI Teaching Assistant in the summer of 2019.