Meet the CJAU Team

Executive Director

Hayley Cousin, JD

Hayley Cousin has a passion for ensuring all Utahns can understand and access the civil legal system in a meaningful way. Her work in access to justice began at Timpanogos Legal Center, where she helped to design and then ran the Certified Advocate Partners Program, the first Utah Regulatory Sandbox program to use nonlawyers to provide free legal services to Utahns. After three years of evaluating and improving the service model, she founded Community Justice Advocates of Utah to provide a central agency to oversee and support nonlawyers who are providing low complexity, high impact legal services to Utahns, with the goals of lowering barriers to entry to legal services provision, increasing support for nonlawyer providers and their agencies, and evaluating and improving programs and service models.

Hayley received her undergraduate in English language with minors in editing and business at Brigham Young University. She graduated with honors from the BYU Law School, and is a member of the Utah State Bar.
Board President

Jenny Hoppie, JD

Jenny Hoppie brings a blend of experience and passion to CJAU. During her 25-year career as a civil litigation paralegal, Jenny dedicated herself to supporting families and individuals seeking compensation for injuries and losses resulting from the negligent—and sometimes intentional—harmful acts of others. This fulfilling work laid the foundation for her desire to make a broader impact.

In 2014, Jenny began full-time studies at Utah Valley University as a non-traditional student while also balancing full-time work and raising four teenagers (and two dogs) with her husband. She connected with fellow "back to school" moms who were also pursuing education later in life. This community of women reinforced the importance of education as a transformative force for growth. Jenny graduated from UVU in 2018 and graduated from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2022. In addition to attending two years of law school during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jenny also suffered the unexpected death of her husband during her final year of law school. Her focus on helping others during this difficult time proved to be a source of strength, comfort, and healing, allowing Jenny to navigate her grief while remaining committed to her passion for service.

Jenny is deeply passionate about empowering families to improve their circumstances through education and increased access to Utah's civil legal system. She actively volunteers at a community legal clinic and supports initiatives like SheTech, a technology and STEM conference for teenage girls in Utah. Additionally, she is dedicated to local efforts that educate and mentor single mothers.
Board Vice President

Laura Pennock, LPP

Laura Pennock is one of the first four Licensed Paralegal Practitioners admitted to practice in Utah. She was in solo practice in Family Law for five years and has since become a full time minister with Community of Christ. Although Laura has changed the focus of her day to day working life, she remains active in promoting the LPP as an effective measure to address access to justice in Utah. Laura is committed to the ideals of equality before the law and open access to the courts to defend their rights. She is honored to be on the board of CJAU as a way to continue to work to make legal services available to all, especially to those who are denied access because of means and other barriers.
Board Treasurer

Jay Leonard

Jay Leonard is a fierce advocate for low-income individuals and those experiencing homelessness. In 2022, Jay received a Bachelors of Science in Psychology with honors from Brigham Young University. They work in homeless services, first as a case manager for families experiencing homelessness, and are now working as a Grants and Compliance Specialist for family housing. Their time as a Housing Case Manager underscored to them the importance of equal access to legal representation. From their time as a direct service provider, they bring their experience advocating for families to their position on the board. They are going back to school for a Masters of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Utah Valley University, and they hope to continue to advocate for individuals in need as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor when they complete the program.
Board Member

Anastasia Boyko, JD

Anastasia is a Legal Futurist/Product Evangelist at Filevine. She has spent 20+ innovating in the legal ecosystem. After practicing law in New York at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, she moved into operating roles in legal innovation and the business of law at Practical Law (now Thomson Reuters), Haynes & Boone LLP, and Axiom Law. Taking best practices from innovation in the business and practice of law, Anastasia created innovative programs in legal education as Assistant Dean for Leadership Programs at Yale Law School and Chief Innovation Officer at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Her expertise spans law practice management, legal services delivery, lawyer training and talent development, lawyer leadership, change management, and legal innovation.

Anastasia received her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.S. from the University of Utah. Anastasia is also a member of the Utah State Bar Innovation in Law Practice Committee.
Board Member

Laís Martínez, MEd

Laís Martínez (she/her/ella) is the proud daughter of immigrant parents and grandparents from El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. She is a mother, educator, sister, and friend. Over a decade ago, she began her work in student affairs supporting and developing student leadership programs and providing direct community outreach through programs like Latinos in Action, AVID, Gear Up, and TRIO. During this time she also led the only Spanish GED program in Utah securing grants to provide additional support for immigrant parents and adults to complete their GED.
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In 2017, Laís joined the Utah System of Higher Education managing statewide access and outreach programs like Utah College Application Week (UCAW) where she expanded the program to include an awareness component for elementary and middle school students. As the inaugural Assistant Commissioner for Belonging & Opportunity she is humbled to have had the unique opportunity to work in collaboration with many community, government, and business leaders to address systemic change in higher education through policy, programming, and funding. Providing state strategy for efforts to close attainment disparities she led the collective creation of the USHE Equity Lens Framework.

Laís holds a Master of Education with an emphasis in Education, Culture, and Society from the University of Utah. She approaches her work rooted in the belief and liberating power of education to transform lives.