Stacy Butler

Stacy Butler is the Director of the Innovation for Justice Program (i4J) and has two decades of experience in community advocacy and expanding the reach of civil legal services for under-represented populations. Her research focuses on the application of human-centered design and innovation to social justice issues including eviction, debt collection, domestic violence, regulatory reform, and online dispute resolution. Prior to launching the i4J Program, she worked in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. In 2017, Butler launched Step Up to Justice, a pro bono civil legal center that has delivered over $4.5 million in free civil legal services to low-income families. Butler earned a B.A. from Trinity University and a J.D. from the University of Arizona.  

Education

• J.D. James E. Rogers College of Law
  2002
  Graduated summa cum laude.
• B.A. Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
  1999
  Graduated magna cum laude

Work Experience

• Professor of Practice; Director, Innovation for Justice Program
  James E. Rogers College of Law
  2018 - present
• Part-Time Professor of Practice
  James E. Rogers College of Law
  2012 - 2018
• Judicial Clerk
  Judge Jennifer G. Zipps (formerly Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Guerin), United States District Court, District of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  2005 - 2018
• Associate Attorney
  DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin & Lacy, Tucson, Arizona
  2003 - 2005
• Judicial Clerk
  The Hon. William C. Canby, Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Phoenix, Arizona
  2002 - 2003