Amanda Allen (she/her/hers) is Deputy Executive Director for Legal Programs. Amanda oversees the organization’s Access & Innovation Program, which focuses on expanding access to medication abortion through telehealth and other innovative technologies. Amanda has spent her legal career advocating for meaningful access to reproductive health services. Before joining the Lawyering Project, she held several positions at the Center for Reproductive Rights, including overseeing the Center’s state and local policy and advocacy initiatives. She also held positions with the National Institute for Reproductive Health, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum as a Georgetown Law & Public Policy Fellow, and If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice. Amanda received a J.D. from CUNY School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Amanda’s writing on the intersections between miscarriage, postpartum mental health, and abortion access have appeared in the New York Times and Elle.
Amanda is licensed to practice law in California and New York.