Jessica Deborah Findley
- Professor of Practice, Law
- Director, Bar and Academic Success
- (520) 621-1373
- College of Law Building, Rm. 226
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- jessfin@arizona.edu
Biography
Jessica D. Findley, J.D., Ph.D, grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning her BA in psychology. Jessica then attended the University of Arizona where she earned both her law degree and PhD in psychology. After graduating, Jessica gained experience in juvenile and dependency law by clerking for the Hon. Christopher P. Staring at Pima County Juvenile Court. Jessica continued to serve the court and community as mediator. Jessica is currently the Director of Bar & Academic Success and Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona College of Law. She is a Principal Investigator for several grant-funded educational programs including the BA in Law's LAWtina Program, which launched in Spring 2020, and JD-Next, a program for matriculating law students with Dr. Christopher Robertson. Jessica works on other innovative Programs at the Arizona College of Law such as the i4J Licensed Legal Advocate Pilot as well as federally-funded research. Dr. Findley’s interdisciplinary approach to attorney advocacy was published by the American Psychological Association in 2010.
Interests
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Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Spring 2024) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 698A (Spring 2024) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Fall 2023) -
Preparing to Practice
LAW 679B (Fall 2023) -
Substantial Paper
LAW 692 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Spring 2023) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 698A (Spring 2023) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Fall 2022) -
Preparing to Practice
LAW 679B (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Independent Study
LAW 699 (Summer I 2022) -
Independent Study
LAW 499 (Spring 2022) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Spring 2022) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 698A (Spring 2022) -
Pre-Bar Professional Skills
LAW 679A (Fall 2021) -
Preparing to Practice
LAW 679B (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Independent Study
LAW 699 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
LAW 699 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Special Topics in the Law
LAW 495 (Spring 2020) -
Special Topics in the Law
LAW 595 (Spring 2020)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Findley, J. D., Buzick, H. M., Robertson, C., Burross, H. L., Charles, M., & Klieger, D. M. (2023). The Association of Participating in a Summer Prelaw Training Program and First-Year Law School Students’ Grades. The Journal Education, Research, & Practice, 13(1), 181-202. doi:https://doi.org/10.5590/JERAP.2023.13.1.14
- Findley, J. D., Cimetta, A. D., Burross, H. L., Chang, K., Charles, M., Balser, C. B., Li, R., & Robertson, C. (2023). JD-Next: A Valid and Reliable Tool to Predict Diverse Students’ Success in Law School . Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 20(1), 31.
- Robertson, C., Woods, A., Bergstrand, K., Findley, J., Balser, C., & Slepian, M. J. (2023). Diverse patients' attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diagnosis. PLOS Digital Health, 2(5), e0000237.
Poster Presentations
- Findley, J. D. (2022, Fall). Increasing the Pool of Successful Law School Students: The Effect of a Training Program on First-Year Law School Students’ Grades (JD-Next). Conference on Empirical Legal Studies. Charlottesville, VA.