Prof. L.E. de Groot-van Leeuwen (Lenie)

Leny de Groot-van Leeuwen obtained her doctorate in 1991 with a thesis entitled De rechterlijke macht in Nederland; Samenstelling en denkbeelden van de zittende en staande magistratuur (The Judiciary in the Netherlands; Composition and Views of the Bench and the Prosecution). Since then she has conducted and supervised research projects on the ethics of the legal profession, the mechanisms for checking judges, the composition of the judiciary, the judicial interference with legislation, and citizens' trust in the justice system.