Amy Bach

Amy Bach (born February 18, 1968) is an American a journalist, attorney, and author of Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, for which she won the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.[1][2] In 2018, she was announced as annual receipient of Charles Bronfman Prize and was awarded $100,000.[3]

Life and education

Bach grew up in New York City, where she graduated from the Chapin School.[4]

Her education included:

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

Career

Bach was the recipient of an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2011.[6]

She is the Executive Director of Measures for Justice, a nonprofit that collects and publishes county-level criminal justice performance data.

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. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/09/05/measures-justice-amy-bach-criminal-justice-reform-rochester-ny-charles-bronfman-prize/1145305002/
  5. "Amy Bach, President and Executive Director, Measures for Justice" (PDF). Amazon.
  6. Parrasch, Suzi (July 19, 2011). "Amy Bach's "Measures For Justice" Courts Change In The Criminal Justice System". Care2. Retrieved 2015-10-03.


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