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Judge Amy J. Hanley

A Douglas County District Court judge has been named to the board of trustees of a national organization.

Judge Amy J. Hanley, of Lawrence, will serve a three-year term, beginning Jan. 1, on the board of trustees for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, a not-for-profit organization based in Colorado that provides trial advocacy training to attorneys.

Hanley is the founding program director of NITA Women in Trial, a customized advocacy program for women in litigation and trial. She is a former NITA Next Generation class member, having been identified by program directors for her exceptional teaching potential, according to a news release from Douglas County.

She was appointed to the district court bench in 2016 by Gov. Sam Brownback, after serving as an assistant attorney general and the criminal prosecution section lead with the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.