Prior to graduate school Elizabeth was a substance use disorder counselor for Utah County’s Drug Court, a job that made her realize her passion for the intersection of psychology and law, specifically how social science can inform problem-solving court procedures. After joining the lab, she was appointed as a researcher assisting the Nebraska Supreme Court's Committee on Problem-Solving Courts. 

She also assisted a subcommittee in updating the Nebraska DUI and Adult Drug Court Standards, as well as a workgroup investigating alternatives to the current method of using volunteer judges to preside in Nebraska's problem-solving courts. For the past year Elizabeth has been working for the National Center for State Courts as a research intern, providing data analysis for specialty court evaluations in Arizona, Washington, Minnesota, and Alaska. She is also a contributing author for NCSC's Procedural Fairness Blog and recently graduated from law school.