Amanda Lambden is a senior criminal lawyer at the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service. She has been a Solicitor and Barrister for over 25 years, specialising in criminal defence in the NT and SA. Amanda has held positions at Katherine Regional Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (KRALIS), the  Legal Services Commission in South Australia and the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM), where she worked as the Criminal Practice Manager from 2007. 

Amanda then began her own practice in 2008, specialising in criminal defence. Her extensive experience includes representation of accused persons in all general criminal law, at all stages of proceedings; appearing before the Court of Criminal Appeal, Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court and Youth Court, along with specialist courts including the Treatment Intervention Court, Nunga Court, Family Violence Court, Early Resolution Court, and Mental Incompetence. 

In 2017 Amanda returned as Criminal Practice Director for Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement. In this role she restructured the Criminal Section ensuring that ALRM clients were represented from Arrest to Parole. During this time she also oversaw the commencement of the “Custody Notification” Service. In April 2024 Amanda moved to Alice Springs to work for CAWLS and assist in the development of a Specialist Criminal Service for women.