Murray Scott Levin

Background

Murray Scott Levin was born on December 7, 1948, in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. He is the son of Herman Levin and Rita (Tenner) Horwitz.

Education

Levin studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1972 and later completed a Master of Business Administration in 1974. He subsequently attended the University of Kansas School of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor in 1977. During his legal studies he served as note and comment editor of the Kansas Law Review from 1976 to 1977 and was elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society recognizing outstanding academic achievement in law.

Career

Murray Scott Levin was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1977. Early in his professional life he worked as a teacher with Project Head Start in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1970 to 1973.

After completing law school, Levin worked as an associate with the law firm Brown, Korachik & Fingersh in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1977 to 1979. He later entered academia, joining the University of Kansas in Lawrence as a professor of business law. Levin served on the faculty from 1979 until 2014, teaching courses related to business law, property law, and dispute resolution.

Alongside his academic career, Levin was active as a legal consultant for Legal Aid of Western Missouri from 1980 to 2014, providing expertise in legal matters affecting low-income clients. He also taught in the Kansas Certified Public Accountant review course in Overland Park from 1980 to 2000.

Murray Scott Levin contributed to legal scholarship and editorial work in several academic publications. He served on the board of editors and as business manager of the Midwest Law Review between 1987 and 1999 and worked as a staff editor for the American Business Law Journal from 1988 to 1994.

Levin authored scholarly articles addressing legal mediation and arbitration in business contexts. Among his works are “The Propriety of Evaluative Mediation: Concerns About the Nature and Quality of an Evaluative Opinion” (2001) and “The Role of Substantive Law in Business Arbitration and the Importance of Volition” (1997).

Achievements

• Murray Scott Levin received several awards recognizing his contributions to legal scholarship and teaching. His honors include awards from the American Business Law Journal and the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies for outstanding articles and academic papers.

Works

• article

  • The Propriety Of Evaluative Mediation: Concerns About The Nature And Quality Of An Evaluative Opinion 2001
  • The Role of Substantive Law in Business Arbitration and the Importance of Volition 1997

Membership

Levin has been a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, the Missouri Bar Association, and the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business, where he served as treasurer in 1983.

Connections

Married Julie Elizabeth Sacks, June 14, 1970. 1 child, Paris Anna Sacks.

Spouse:

Julie Elizabeth Sacks Levin

child:

Paris Anna Levinovitz