Professor Mary E. Levy teaches Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, and Torts. She also founded and supervises the Appellate Litigation Clinic in which third-year law students provide pro bono representation to low income litigants in state and federal appellate courts in immigration matters, prisoner civil rights litigation, and Right to Know Law claims, among others. Professor Levy also serves as the faculty advisor for the First Generation Law Owls student organization. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Levy was of counsel in the appellate practice group at White and Williams LLP in Philadelphia, PA, where she specialized in appellate advocacy and handled complex litigation matters involving significant client exposure or novel questions of law. As an appellate practitioner, Professor Levy has appeared before all of the Pennsylvania appellate courts, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and has also argued before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits. Professor Levy frequently speaks at legal seminars on the topics of appellate practice and procedure, effective legal writing for practitioners, and post-trial motions practice.
Professor Levy is the 2017 recipient of the George P. Williams Award, conferred each year by the graduating class upon the professor who has had the most significant impact on their legal education. In 2010, she was named a “Rising Star” attorney by Law & Politics magazine as a result of a survey of her peers. Professor Levy has a B.A. in English from Appalachian State University, a M.C.J. from the University of South Carolina, and a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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Rising Star Attorney (2010) -
George P. Williams, III, Memorial Award for the Outstanding Professor of the Year (2017)