Amanda L. Thrash received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Washington & Lee University School of Law.  She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in News-Editorial Journalism and minors in Political Science, Classical Studies and Latin.

While at Washington & Lee, Ms. Thrash served as the Solicited Articles Editor for the Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice.  She was a semi-finalist in the school's Davis Moot Court Competition and competed on the school's ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition team. She also spent a semester studying at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland , spent a summer as a Shepherd Poverty Alliance Intern, and worked as a trained volunteer for Project Horizon Domestic Violence Shelter.