LEADS
The Legal Empiricism and Discussion Society was formed in 2020. The goal of the organization is to promote the application of empirical principles and methods to law.
MEET THE BOARD
President
CJ Pommier
CJ earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Pittsburg State University where she was on full scholarship. She then completed her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Arizona. She then went on to a career in research and development in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Law is her second career. CJ is currently a 2L at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in the Tech Law program. Her research interests are in the quality of evidence used in decision-making and increasing the use of science in policy. She describes herself as a chemist, future lawyer, former ballerina, and occasional dinosaur!
Madeline Gegg
Madeline is from St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her undergraduate work in Spanish and International Governance and Politics at University of Mississippi; she graduated in May 2020. Madeline completed a research thesis consisting of mostly quantitative research of voter behavior in Mexico. She loves to travel, cook, listen to new podcasts and explore new trails for hiking and running.
Secretary
Social Media Manager
Isabella Stoutenburg
Bella is from Phoenix, AZ, and studied Law and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology during her undergrad at the University of Arizona. Her undergraduate research experience involved measuring really a lot of cacti in the Sonoran desert, and as a 1L she was a research assistant for a housing court project. Bella is passionate about access to justice, evidence-based legal approaches, urban gardening, and tabletop games.
1L Rep
FACULTY ADVISOR
Professor Christopher Griffin
Christopher L. Griffin, Jr., is the Director of Empirical & Policy Research and a research professor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. His research uses randomized control trials to investigate the effectiveness of access to justice interventions. Most of these studies focus on the civil justice system, including the efficacy of unbundled legal services in housing court, the value of connecting survivors of intimate partner violence to civil legal aid, and the potential promise of non-lawyer models of legal services provision. Professor Griffin is also involved in randomized evaluations of criminal pretrial risk assessments.
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