Professor
Kay Levine is a Professor of Law at Emory Law School. After graduating from Duke University, she received both a JD and a PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research and teaching interests center on the fields of criminal law and procedure, with a particular emphasis on prosecutorial culture and behavior in the United States. She previously served as the co-editor of the Law Section of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences and is currently the co-author of a casebook about criminal procedure. Her empirical work has been widely published in both law journals and peer reviewed journals, including The George Washington University Law Review, the Arizona Law Review, the Stanford Journal of Crime and Public Policy, the Fordham Urban Law Journal, the American Criminal Law Review, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, and Law and Social Inquiry.
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About Kay L Levine
Kay Levine is a Professor of Law at Emory Law School. After graduating from Duke University, she received both a JD and a PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research and teaching interests center on the fields of criminal law and procedure, with a particular emphasis on prosecutorial culture and behavior in the United States. She previously served as the co-editor of the Law Section of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences and is currently the co-author of a casebook about criminal procedure. Her empirical work has been widely published in both law journals and peer reviewed journals, including The George Washington University Law Review, the Arizona Law Review, the Stanford Journal of Crime and Public Policy, the Fordham Urban Law Journal, the American Criminal Law Review, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, and Law and Social Inquiry.
| Present | Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2013 - 2019 | Race, Place and Discretion in the Handling of Drug-Free Zones |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Role: co-PI | |
| Colleague(s): Elizabeth Griffiths, Joshua Hinkle, Volkan Topalli |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Fellow, American Bar Foundation | Member, American Law Institute | Member, American Society of Criminology | Member, American Sociological Association | Member, Law and Society Association |
Honors and Awards
- Emory Williams Teaching Award
- Most Outstanding Professor
Courses
- Miscarriages of Justice (forthcoming)
- Colloquium Series Workshop
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure: Adjudication
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure: Investigations
| 2003 | PhD, University of California - Berkeley ‐ Jurisprudence and Social Policy | |
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| 1999 | MA, University of California - Berkeley ‐ Jurisprudence and Social Policy | |
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| 1990 - 1993 | JD, University of California - Berkeley ‐ School of Law | |
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| 1986 - 1990 | BA, Duke University ‐ Political Science | |
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Links
Contact Information
Kay Levine
Emory Law School
1301 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 712-2422 (office)
klevin2@emory.edu
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