Amol Sinha is a nationally recognized civil rights leader who has dedicated his career to advancing racial justice, holding institutions accountable, promoting and defending rights and liberties, and spearheading impactful work to protect our democracy.
As Executive Director of the ACLU of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), Amol guides the organization's innovative integrated advocacy work, utilizing litigation, policy, public education, and strategic communications to build a more equitable society.
Since assuming leadership of the ACLU-NJ in 2017, Amol has driven the organization’s steady expansion, more than doubling its team of dedicated professionals and advocates, and growing its capacity to undertake critical advocacy campaigns, resulting in transformational change to New Jersey's civil rights landscape. During Amol's tenure, the ACLU-NJ has appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court more times than any non-governmental party, deepened community partnerships across the state, and centered the experiences of directly impacted communities.
Amol’s dedication to protecting civil rights and liberties is exemplified in the ACLU-NJ’s years-long work around decarceration, providing new pathways for individuals to overcome the systemic injustices of our criminal justice system. The organization’s important work in this field has resulted in litigation and legislation that led to the early release of over 9,000 people from our state's prisons and jails, leading the successful fight to legalize cannabis through a racial justice lens, and leading the charge on New Jersey’s recent landmark categorical clemency initiative. Under his leadership, the ACLU-NJ has secured numerous wins across multiple issue areas, including access to drivers' licenses for all regardless of immigration status, preventing hundreds of deportations, securing the right to vote for people on probation and parole, and defending free speech for groups across a diverse array of viewpoints.
Prior to joining ACLU-NJ, Amol led state legislative campaigns at the Innocence Project, and prior to that, directed an office of the New York Civil Liberties Union. In 2024, Amol was elected by his fellow ACLU executive directors to serve as the Chair of the ACLU’s Nationwide Executive Director Council. He also is a Policy Fellow at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. He holds a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
