Amanda Bynum

Ms. Bynum works diligently to develop strategies and curricula for student success on the bar examination. She facilitates bar success programming and workshops.

In addition, she facilitates the Law College's externship program by assisting students in finding opportunities for practical experience in law firms, corporations, and government agencies. She teaches an externship course that focuses on professionalism, ethics, and reflective practice. She is always interested in connecting with passionate attorneys to serve as field supervisors in this program.

Amanda teaches as a Professor of Practice for the mandatory first-year Preparing to Practice Professional Development and Study Skills Course. In the fall semester, she also teaches Basic Trial Advocacy where she returns to her roots as a criminal trial attorney to teach law students how to be excellent trial attorneys. Throughout the year, Ms. Bynum critiques and assists in the law college's top-rated experiential learning curriculum.

Ms. Bynum is a Tucson native with an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona. She is a 2009 graduate of the Arizona College Of Law where she earned a Certificate in Criminal Law and Policy. She served as a student, field supervisor, and professor in the criminal defense clinic. Prior to academia, Amanda worked in both private criminal defense practice and as a public defender. As an Assistant Public Defender, she served as the office's training director where she planned and facilitated the first-ever Pima County Public Defender Trial College.

She has extensive trial experience in cases ranging from misdemeanor domestic violence to First Degree Murder and Rape. She is considered an expert by her peers in DUI defense and Trial Practice.

After running a successful wedding photography business for several years, Amanda now enjoys photography as a favorite hobby secondary to personal health and wellness.

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