Amy Bach

Amy Bach (born February 18, 1968) is an American author, journalist, and attorney.[1] She won the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court.[2]

She has served as the Haywood Burns Fellow at The Nation magazine,[3] and was the recipient of an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2011.[4]

She is the Executive Director of Measures for Justice, a non-profit organization that collects and analyzes data about the American justice system.[5]

Personal

Bach grew up in New York City, where she graduated from the Chapin School.[6]

Education

After law school, Bach clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Barkett of the 11th Circuit.

References

  1. Mills, Steve (2009-12-21). "Review: 'Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court' by Amy Bach - Printers Row". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. "2010: "Ordinary Injustice", by Amy Bach". Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. "Amy Bach". The Nation. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  4. Parrasch, Suzi (July 19, 2011). "Amy Bach's "Measures For Justice" Courts Change In The Criminal Justice System". Care2. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  5. "Our Story". Measures for Justice. 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  6. "Amy Bach, President and Executive Director, Measures for Justice" (PDF). Amazon.

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