James Greiner

Biography

Jim is the Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law. He teaches courses on civil procedure, expert witnesses, and access to justice. Before coming to the law school in 2007, Jim completed his Ph.D. in statistics at Harvard University. Prior to this, Jim practiced law for six years, three for the Department of Justice (Federal Programs Branch), and three for Jenner & Block, LLC. He tried to focus his practice on employment discrimination, voting rights, and the Decennial Census, but alas, he also had to learn how airplanes get on and off aircraft carriers (in the A-12 litigation), as well as how to deal with structural injunctions in long-running housing desegregation cases. Jim's research focuses on the Access to Justice Lab, where he serves as Faculty Director. The Access to Justice Lab implements randomized field experiments to find out what works for individuals and families who cannot afford to hire lawyers. The Access to Justice Lab is the only entity in the United States that focuses on randomized control trials in the legal profession.

Areas of Interest

• Evidence: Causal Inference
• Empirical Legal Research: Quantitative Legal Empirics