Amanda Robert, a legal affairs writer, joined the ABA Journal staff in 2019. She previously worked for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer as an assistant editor and staff writer, and for Legal Newsline as a contributing writer. She also handled communications for a national intellectual property law firm and was a reporter for Illinois Times and the Centralia Daily Sentinel in Southern Illinois. She earned a Master of Arts degree in journalism from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication, with a certificate in social justice, from Saint Louis University.
Overuse of involuntary civil commitment as approach to homelessness debated by ABA House
Aug 6, 2024, 01:24 pm CDT
Victims of sex assault should not have to disclose it when applying for bar admission, House says
Aug 6, 2024, 01:05 pm CDT
US should recognize gender as a protected class in immigration proceedings, House says
Aug 6, 2024, 01:00 pm CDT
Forensic genetic genealogy helps solve crimes, and all states should regulate it, ABA House says
Aug 5, 2024, 07:12 pm CDT
Police shouldn’t lie to minors during questioning, ABA House says
Aug 5, 2024, 07:01 pm CDT
A resource center that combats judicial threats should be formed, ABA House says
Aug 5, 2024, 06:27 pm CDT
Gender-affirming health care should be protected, ABA delegates advise
Aug 5, 2024, 03:10 pm CDT
151-year-old Comstock Act is ‘relic’ that should be overturned, House urges
Aug 5, 2024, 12:39 pm CDT
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls on ABA to uphold ‘freedom, liberty, fairness’
Aug 5, 2024, 10:23 am CDT
Former ABA President Tommy Wells has died
Aug 1, 2024, 04:30 pm CDT
ABA Annual Meeting opens in Chicago this week
Jul 31, 2024, 08:48 am CDT
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will speak at ABA Annual Meeting
Jul 26, 2024, 10:30 am CDT
ABA Medal recipient puts democratic principles and indigent defense at center of long career
Jul 24, 2024, 10:10 am CDT
Illinois jail must pay $880K to family members of inmate who died by suicide, judge rules
Jul 19, 2024, 02:45 pm CDT
Judges often preside over cases with ties to families’ interests, new investigation finds
Jul 19, 2024, 09:30 am CDT
ABA will partner with White House to recruit more pro bono immigration attorneys
Jul 18, 2024, 01:25 pm CDT
ABA asks lawyers with disabilities to ‘put themselves on the map’ and #BeCounted
Jul 18, 2024, 01:10 pm CDT
Federal judiciary must ‘establish robust systems’ to handle workplace abuse, study finds
Jul 18, 2024, 12:00 pm CDT
Federal prosecutor facing discipline for altering video evidence against anti-Trump protesters
Jul 18, 2024, 08:30 am CDT
Attorney with ‘cognitive impairment’ entitled to disability pay, court says
Jul 18, 2024, 08:00 am CDT
