Amy Bach


Amy Bach 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. In 2018, she was announced as annual receipient of Charles Bronfman Prize and was awarded $100,000.

Life and education

Bach grew up in New York City, where she graduated from the Chapin School.
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.
She is the Executive Director of Measures for Justice, a nonprofit that collects and publishes county-level criminal justice performance data.