Chris Leger is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. While in law school, Chris served as a legislative intern to New Orleans City Council member Susan Guidry. Chris also served as a summer law clerk to Judge Laurie White in the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. Chris got his first courtroom experience in his third year of law school, where he worked as a Student Practitioner in the Misdemeanor Clinic of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice. 

Prior to attending law school, Chris obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Paralegal Studies, with a minor in business, from Tulane University. 

Prior to practicing law, Chris also served his community for 10 years as a police officer.