Amy Petkovsek

Amy Petkovsek

Community Law Center

Panelist, The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling & the Nonprofit Sector

Amy Petkovsek, Esq., is the new Executive Director of the Community Law Center. Prior to this role, she served as the Deputy Chief Counsel at Maryland Legal Aid. She previously directed the development of the Community Lawyering Initiative, Lawyer in the Library and Lawyer in the Schools programs. She served as Legal Aid’s Director of Advocacy for Training and Pro Bono for five years, and represented children for sixteen years in Legal Aid’s child advocacy practice. Amy started her career as an appellate law clerk for the Honorable Sally D. Adkins.

Amy is active in the Maryland State Bar Association and the Bar Association for Baltimore City, and she serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the board of Moveable Feast.

She is a devoted fan to her beloved Baltimore Orioles and enjoys spending time exercising, reading, exploring local coffee shops and the great outdoors.