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.
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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
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Jul 19, 2024, 09:30 am CDT
ABA will partner with White House to recruit more pro bono immigration attorneys
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ABA asks lawyers with disabilities to ‘put themselves on the map’ and #BeCounted
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Jul 18, 2024, 12:00 pm CDT
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Attorney with ‘cognitive impairment’ entitled to disability pay, court says
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San Francisco and Los Angeles are seeing a shakeup in law firm leases
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Retired NFL player’s lead counsel removed for attempting to ‘manufacture discord,’ judge says
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Federal judges weigh need for new guidance after clerk accused of racist statements
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Milberg avoids sanctions despite filing fake claims in Visa and Mastercard settlement
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NY judge suspended while facing felony DUI charge
Jul 15, 2024, 03:15 pm CDT
This city has the highest billing rates for litigators in nation, survey shows
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