- Legal Research and Writing
- Legal Drafting
Education
- BA, with highest honors, University of California, Berkeley
- JD, University of California, Los Angeles
- MSW, University of California, Los Angeles
Background
Professor Levin is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law, Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, and the Department of Social Welfare, where she was an editor on the UCLA Law Review and earned membership in Order of the Coif. Professor Levin clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Paez of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit during 2002-2003. Before joining the Loyola faculty, she was on the faculty at Pepperdine University School of Law for eight years and Co-Director of the Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr. Judicial Clerkship Institute for five years. She taught Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy, and created and taught the Legal Research and Writing for Non-Lawyers course for the online Master of Legal Studies program. In 2019, Professor Levin earned the Pepperdine Waves of Excellence (Teaching) award. Before teaching, she was an associate at Arnold & Porter LLP, specializing in civil commercial and trademark litigation.
Publications
- Geoffrey B. Kehlmann & Amy B. Levin, Kill the Memo, 17 UC Irvine L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2027).
- Amy B. Levin, Rising to the Mental Health Challenge in Law Schools, 74 J. Legal Educ. ___ (2026), part of Impact, Excellence, Resilience: Contemporary Views on Pioneering Legal Education Scholarship symposium double issue.
- Amy B. Levin, The Kids Aren’t Alright, 79 Ark. L. Rev. 351 (2025).
- Grammar, Editing, and Writing Tech Tools: The Teaching Tool You’ve Been Looking For?, 28 Persps. 51 (2020) (with Joe Regalia)
- The Feedback Feeding Frenzy: Some Thoughts About Doing Feedback Differently, 27 Persps. 60 (2019) (with Joe Regalia)
- Fighting for Child Custody When Domestic Violence Is at Issue: Survey of State Laws, 48 Social Work 463 (2003) (with Linda Mills)
- Comment, Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence: How Should Judges Apply the Best Interests of the Child Standard in Custody and Visitation Cases Involving Domestic Violence, 47 UCLA L. Rev. 813 (2000)
Selected Presentations
- Mental Health Challenges in Law Schools
Journal of Legal Education Symposium, Impact, Excellence, Resilience: Contemporary Views on Pioneering Legal Education Scholarship, New York Law School, October 8, 2025, with David Jaffe and Dr. Andy Benjamin - Teaching Legal Analysis and Writing Brick by Brick: A Blueprint for Modular Design
Central States Legal Writing Conference, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, September 26–27, 2025, with Geoff Kehlmann - Rising to the Mental Health Challenge
Empire State Legal Writing Conference, Fordham University School of Law, May 23, 2024, with Hilary Reed
Interviews and Media
- Christine Charnosky, Are Gen Z Law Students Suffering More Than Previous Generations?, LAW.COM (May 15, 2025 at 02:59 PM), https://www.law.com/2025/05/15/are-gen-z-law-students-suffering-more-than-previous-generations-/ (interviewed for and quoted in article)
- Christine Charnosky, ‘Not Alone’: Law School Faculty Tackle Student Mental Health, LAW.COM (May 20, 2025 at 02:34 PM), https://www.law.com/2025/05/20/not-alone-law-school-faculty-tackle-student-mental-health/?slreturn=20250520162134 (interviewed for and quoted in article)
- What is Causing the Deterioration in Law Student Mental Health and What Can Law Schools Do?, Interview with ABA Commission on Disability Rights (January 2025),
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/news/what-causing-deterioration-law-student-mental-health/ - The Kids Aren’t Alright, Cross & Gavel Podcast, December 2024, https://crossandgavel.libsyn.com/180-the-kids-arent-alright-amy-levin
- Perspectives on the Law Clerk Application Process, Ninth Circuit Opportunity & Equality Committee, January 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVli7xHbCEc