Kate Levine

Kate Levine is a Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, with prior academic appointments as Assistant Professor of Law at St. John's University, Visiting Assistant Professor at UC Irvine School of Law, and instructor in NYU School of Law's lawyering program.

Her educational credentials include:

• B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College
• J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School

Levine's research critically examines systemic issues in criminal justice through the lens of police prosecution and accountability. Her scholarship investigates the ethical tensions in criminal lawyering, procedural frameworks governing policing, and the structural dynamics of the carceral state. This work consistently engages with constitutional law principles while addressing racial and social inequities inherent in law enforcement systems.

Analysis of her publications reveals a cohesive scholarly trajectory focused on reimagining prosecutorial roles in police misconduct cases, challenging conventional approaches to police discipline, and exposing paradoxes in progressive criminal justice reforms. Her methodology combines doctrinal legal analysis with empirical observations of institutional behaviors.

Her scholarly impact is recognized through:

• 2017 Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Professional Responsibility Scholarship

Levine's professional narrative includes clerkship with U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr., work as an Appellate Public Defender, and private practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, though current student advising and grant activities aren't documented in available materials.