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i4J Staff

Innovation for Justice is staffed by University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Utah David Eccles School of Business faculty, fellows, and professors of practice. As a virtual lab, our team members are based across the country.

  • Stacy Rupprecht Jane

    Stacy Rupprecht Jane

    i4J Director; Associate Scholar, University of Arizona; Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah

  • Sarah Mauet

    Sarah Mauet

    UX4Justice Director and i4J System Impact Area Lead; Professor of Practice, University of Arizona; Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah

  • Cayley Balser

    Cayley Balser

    i4J Service Impact Area Lead; Professor of Practice, University of Arizona; Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah

  • Erin Weaver

    Erin Weaver

    i4J Structure Impact Area Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Suzanne Abrahamson Photo

    Suzanne Abrahamson

    i4J Operations Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Antonio Coronado

    Antonio Coronado

    Professor of Practice, University of Arizona; Community Legal Education Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Rachel Crisler

    Rachel Crisler

    i4J Project Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Gabriela Elizondo-Craig

    Gabriela Elizondo-Craig

    i4J Project Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Cheenar Shah

    Cheenar Shah

    i4J Project Lead, University of Arizona and University of Utah

  • Hon. Karen S. Adam

    Hon. Karen S. Adam

    i4J’s Domestic Violence Legal Advocate Curriculum Specialist

  • Christopher L. Griffin, Jr.

    Christopher L. Griffin, Jr.

    i4J Empirical Methods Advisor

  • Cas Laskowski

    Cas Laskowski

    i4J Legal Research & Technology Advisor

Join the team!

Want to join a dynamic team of change-makers working at the leading edge of legal innovation? Click below to see if i4J is hiring now, and please check back often to see if a position has opened.

 

Advisory Board

These legal system experts are i4J’s sounding board and cheering section:

  • Katherine Alteneder

    Katherine Alteneder

    Consulting Senior Strategic Advisor, Self-Represented Litigation Network

  • Hon. Maria Elena Cruz

    Hon. Maria Elena Cruz

    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge

  • Eduardo Gonzalez, Program Officer for Civil Justice at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Eduardo Gonzalez

    Program Officer for Civil Justice, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Dan Jackson

    Dan Jackson

    Executive Director, NuLawLab

  • Joyce Raby

    Joyce Raby

    Project Manager, Tyler Technologies

  • Miguel Willis

    Miguel Willis

    Director, Access to Justice Technology Fellows Program

 

Supporters

i4J’s work is made possible through the generous financial support of these sponsors:

  • Arizona Initiative for Public Service Law

  • Bigglesworth Family Foundation

  • Michael and Burgundy Caldwell-Waller

  • Clio

  • FHR Cares Community Investment Fund

  • Goldman Sachs

  • Intermountain HealthCare

  • Neota Logic

  • Nextrio

  • Pew Charitable Trusts

  • Snell & Wilmer

  • State Justice Institute

  • University of Arizona Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice

  • University of Arizona Experiential Learning Design Accelerator

  • Utah Bar Foundation

  • Vitalyst

  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation

  • Women’s Foundation for the State of Arizona

 

Never teach alone

i4J works with experts from across disciplines and sectors to enrich our students’ learning and expand our projects’ reach.

  • Bonnie Bazata

    Pima County End Poverty Now

  • Jamie Beck

    President & Managing Attorney, Free to Thrive

  • Rebecca Blakiston

    UArizona Libraries

  • Jenifer Bosco

    National Consumer Law Center

  • Sarah Carver

    Senior Staff Attorney and Justice for All Coordinator, Alaska Legal Services Corporation

  • Jennifer Dailey-Provost

  • Taraleigh Davis

    Taraleigh Davis Consulting

  • Miranda Dennett Garrett

    i4J Alumni Coach

  • Alex Denniston

    Theory and Principle

  • Rose Devlin

    Theory and Principle

  • Kimi Eisele

    Southwest Folklife Alliance

  • Kirsten Engel

    UA College of Law

  • Josh Franklin

    Senior User Experience Designer

  • Erin Fuse Brown

    Georgia State University College of Law

  • Bridget Gramme

    Director, USD Center for Public Interest Law

  • Jessica Heldman

    Professor in Residence, USD School of Law

  • Johanna Hernandez

    City of Tucson Office of Innovation

  • Heather Hiscox

    Pause for Change

  • April Kuehnhoff

    National Consumer Law Center

  • Annie Kurtin

    UArizona, Student Engagement and Career Development

  • Erika Lam

    Theory & Principle

  • Kelly Leslie

    Associate Professor, UArizona School of Art

  • Bob Liu

    UArizona Libraries

  • Erin Lowry

    MSW, LCSW

  • Sheri Marlin

    Waters Center for Systems Thinking

  • Brian Mayer

    UArizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

  • Adam Meisel

    Paladin

  • Judge Ron Newman

    Pima County Consolidated Justice Court

  • Jennifer Nichols

    UArizona Associate Librarian and Director of CATalyst Studios

  • Kimball Parker

    CEO, 650
    Director, BYU LawX

  • Hallie Jay Pope

    Graphic Advocacy Project

  • Brian Puente

    UA Adobe Creative Cloud Support Specialist

  • Kelli Raker

    Managing Director, Duke Law Tech Lab

  • Lucy Ricca

    Utah State Court Office of Legal Innovation

  • Chris Robertson

    Boston University School of Law

  • Dan Rodriguez

    Northwestern Pritzker University

  • Rachel Rosenberg

    Senior Behavioral Scientist

  • Molly Rothschild

    i4J Alumni Coach, Fall 2021

  • Mark Rukavina

    Community Catalyst

  • Shannon Salter

    Civil Resolution Tribunal (British Columbia)

  • Joseph Schieffer

    A2J Tech

  • Ann Shivers-McNair

    Assistant Professor, UArizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

  • Jesse Taggert

    User Experience and Design Consultant

  • Dy Thurgood

    i4J Alumni Coach

  • Ace Vu

    Founder, Human of Us

  • Jeffrey Willis

    Senior Partner at Snell & Wilmer

  • Krys Ziska Strange

    UArizona Digital Learning

 

Never build alone

These individuals and organizations have advanced i4J’s mission to work with and within communities by sharing their time and expertise:

  • The many lived experience experts in our communities that have shared their perspectives with us

  • Jillian Aja

    Pima County Office of Children’s Counsel

  • James Alvarez

    UArizona College of Law

  • Diana Amado

    Council Aide for Ward 6 Council Member Kozachik

  • Wendy Ascher

    Southern Arizona Legal Aid

  • Association for Utah Community Health

  • Prof. Barbara Atwood

    UArizona College of Law

  • Summer Aubrey

    UArizona College of Law student

  • Scott Bales

    Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice

  • Joanne Basta

    Evaluation and Research, Pima County Juvenile Court

  • Jamie Beck

    Free Ever After

  • Tori Bellino

    Southern Arizona Against Slavery & Southern Arizona Dream Center

  • Terry Bernier

    Southern Arizona Dream Center

  • Judge Tom Berning

    Tucson City Court

  • Betty Bitgood

    Southern Arizona Dream Center

  • Cozetta Blow

    Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse

  • Tina Bommarito

    Interfaith Community Services

  • Ted Borek

    Pima County Superior Court Judge (retired)

  • Jenifer Bosco

    National Consumer Law Center

  • Teresa Bravo

    Pima County International Projects Program Manager

  • Ken Briggs

    United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona

  • Emily Bregel

    Arizona Daily Star

  • Lissette Calderon

    UArizona College of Law

  • Cecilia Calle

    Community Closet

  • Beth Carey

    Primavera Foundation

  • Anna E. Carpenter

    Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and Senior Director, Presidential Initiatives, University of Utah Office of the President.

  • Dominique Carrillo

    ASU Master’s of Social Work student

  • Jane Carter

    Pima County Consolidated Justice Court

  • Manira Cervantes

    Pima County Community Action Agency

  • Community Investment Corporation

  • Dean Christoffel

    Pima County Superior Court Commissioner pro tempore

  • Ralph Churchill

    United Way volunteer

  • Kristy Clairmont

    Attorney

  • Sybil Clarke

    Pima County Office of Children’s Counsel

  • Georges Clement

    Just Fix NYC

  • Erin Clouse

    Director of Strategy and Alignment, University of Utah Health

  • Comunidades Unidas

  • Aracelli Corona

    Federal Bureau of Prisons

  • Jennifer Crawford

    Tucson Police Department & AZ Human Trafficking Council

  • Diana Crocker

    Grossman & Grossman

  • Steve Crossland

    Washington State Bar

  • Sylvia Cuestas

    Sullivan Jackson Employment Center

  • RyLee Curtis

    Community Engagement Director, University of Utah Health.

  • James Daube

    Southern Arizona Legal Aid

  • Bill Davidson

    Salvation Army

  • Taraleigh Davis

  • Rick DeBruehl

    Arizona State Bar

  • Prof. Shefali Desai

    UArizona College of Law

  • Karen Diebolt

    Attorney

  • Disability Law Center

  • Randy Downer

    Inter-State Investigative Services

  • Judy Drickey-Prohow

    Law Offices of Scott M. Clark

  • Johanna Duffek

    Tucson Urban League

  • Juanita Duran

    CODAC

  • The lay legal advocates at Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse

  • Daniela Figueroa

    Youth on their Own

  • Gregg Flatt

    MC Properties

  • Mary Formanek

    User Experience Professionals Association, Arizona Chapter

  • Judge Keith Frankel

    Maricopa County Justice Court

  • Erin Fuse Brown

    Georgia State University College of Law

  • Jessica Gerlach

    UArizona

  • Alejandro Gonzalez

    UArizona Adobe Creative Cloud Support Specialist

  • Dawna Gravley

    UArizona

  • Giulio Grecchi

    Society of St. Vincent de Paul

  • Jenny Haggard, Esq.

    Chief Engineer, SavvySuit

  • Margarita Hallisey

    CODAC

  • Anna Harper-Guerrero

    Exec. Vice Pres. and Chief Strategy Officer, Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse

  • Alexandra Harris

    Arizona Youth Partnership

  • Sarah Haught

    Beauty from Ashes Ranch

  • Craig Henley

    Arizona State Bar Ethics Counsel

  • Liane Hernandez

    YWCA

  • Judge Anna Huberman

    Maricopa County Justice Court

  • Huntsman Mental Health Institute

  • Peggy Hutchison

    Primavera Foundation

  • Engel Indo

    La Frontera Arizona

  • Intensive Outpatient Clinic

  • Dean Irving Kron

    UArizona College of Medicine

  • Beth Jacobs

    Willow Way

  • Sheronda Jordan

    Emerge! Center for Domestic Violence

  • Dana Katbah

    Southern Arizona Legal Aid

  • Prof. Negar Katirai

    UArizona College of Law

  • Hanna Kaufman

    Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois

  • Jenifer Kent

    Arizona Complete Health

  • Meghan King

    Pima County Juvenile Court Center

  • April Kuehnhoff

    National Consumer Law Center

  • Cassandra Lain

    CODAC

  • Latino Behavioral Health Services

  • Linda Leatherman

    Pima County Community Services

  • Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake

  • Courtney LeVinus

    Arizona Multihousing Association

  • Doug Levy

    Attorney

  • Paula Littlewood

    Executive Director, Washington State Bar

  • Michael Lopez

    Pima County Community College

  • Kari Macfarland

    Oxford House

  • Chris Maglione

    Maglione Rentals

  • Julie Maldonado

    Southern Arizona Legal Aid

  • Alex Mastengelo

    Habitation Realty

  • Eli Mattern, Esq.

    CEO & General Counsel, SavvySuit

  • Sheila May

    Jewish Family & Children's Services of Southern Arizona

  • Sarah McCargish

    Beauty From Ashes

  • Michael McDonald

    Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

  • Dean Marc Miller

    UArizona College of Law

  • Tammie Milliken

    Grossman & Grossman

  • Judge Wendy Million

    Tucson City Court

  • Multicultural Counseling Center

  • Elyssa Naval

    Senior Web Site Designer / Developer, UArizona Digital Learning

  • NeighborWorks

  • Kathleen Nunez

    District of Arizona Probation

  • Katy Obert

    La Frontera

  • Amber Owens

    UArizona College of Law

  • Drew Pease

    Grossman & Grossman

  • Peoples Legal Aid

  • Pima County Emergency Eviction Legal Services

  • Alyce Pennington

    Pima County Superior Court Commissioner

  • Wendy Petersen

    Pima County Assistant Administrator for Justice and Law Enforcement

  • John Phelps

    Executive Director of the Arizona State Bar (retired)

  • Pima County Consolidated Justice Court

  • Pima County Constables

  • Pima County Mothers in Arizona Moving Ahead

  • Pima County Public Library, Main Library

  • Diego Piña Lopez

    Casa Alitas

  • Brian Puente

    UArizona Adobe Creative Cloud Support Specialist

  • Cynthia Purcell

    Southern Arizona Dream Center

  • Bernardo Quintero

  • Stacy Rakowitz

    SAATURN

  • Valentín Ramirez-Mancha

    UArizona Digital Learning

  • Dr. Franki Reddick-Gibson

    Sequel Youth and Family Services

  • Redwood Health Center

  • Relatable Communications Group

  • Randy Reynolds

    Community Renewal

  • JJ Rico

    Arizona Center for Disability Law

  • Assoc. Dean Sally Rider

    UArizona College of Law

  • Judge Vincent Roberts

    Pima County Consolidated Justice Court

  • Chris Robertson

    Boston University School of Law

  • Kathryn Rock-Polich

    Southern Arizona Against Center Against Sexual Assault

  • Lupita Rodriguez

    Primavera Foundation

  • Sabrina Roman

    Southern Arizona Dream Center

  • Jonathan Rothschild

    Mayor, City of Tucson

  • Amanda Rutherford

    Step Up to Justice

  • Mark Rukavina

    Community Catalyst

  • Monica Ryan

    U.S. Attorney’s Office

  • Frances Salcido

    Pima County Housing

  • Adrienne Sainz Trees

    La Frontera

  • Joey Schwanz

    Abrams Public Health Center

  • Lilian Schwartz

    UArizona

  • Laura Schweers

    i4J research assistant Spring 2020

  • Pam Spears

    Graces St. Paul's Episcopal Church

  • Sally Stang

    City of Tucson Housing and Community Development Department

  • Salt Lake City Justice Court

  • Step up to Justice

  • Cristie Street

    Nextrio

  • Rae Strozzo

    Southern Arizona Aids Foundation

  • Sugarhouse Health Center

  • Dan Sullivan

    Pima County Sullivan Jackson Center

  • Keith Swisher

    UArizona College of Law

  • Theory and Principle

  • Third Judicial District

  • Devon Thomas

    UArizona Office of Student Engagement

  • Timpanogos Legal Center

  • Dr. Beverly Tobiason

    Pima County Juvenile Court

  • Robert Tripp

    UArizona College of Law

  • Roy Tullgren

    Gospel Rescue Mission

  • United Way 211

  • University Neighborhood Partners

  • University of Utah College of Nursing

  • University of Utah College of Social Work

  • University of Utah Health

  • University of Utah Population Health Center

  • University of Utah School of Medicine

  • University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

  • Kelly Upton

    Gospel Rescue Mission Women and Children’s Center

  • Utah Bar

  • Utah Community Health Worker Association

  • Utah Public Health Association

  • Utah Self Help Center

  • Utah State Court

  • Gloria Valenzuela

    Pima County Community Action Agency

  • T Van Hook

    Habitat for Humanity

  • Eric Vang

    Senior Technology Attorney, Alaska Legal Services Corp.

  • Mario Vasquez

    User Experience Designer, UArizona UITS

  • Michael Wagenheim

    UArizona College of Law

  • Karna Walter

    UArizona Assistant Dean for Student Engagement

  • Matthew Waterman

    Southern Arizona Legal Aid

  • West Valley City Government

  • West Valley City Justice Court

  • Westridge Health Center

  • Judge Lawrence Winthrop

    Arizona Access to Justice Commission Chair

  • Alden Woods

    Arizona Republic

  • Jay Young

    Southwest Fair Housing Council

  • Cameron Wright

    Project Director, Presidential Initiatives, University of Utah.

  • Ken Zambos

    Pima County Libraries

Want to teach or build with us?

We’re always seeking collaborators and co-creators for our projects. If you’re interested in being a guest lecture or a partner for a future project, please reach out!