Carolyn Schurr Levin

Carolyn Schurr Levin is an attorney specializing in Media Law and the First Amendment. She is a partner at Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman LLP, a New York City law firm. She has practiced law for over 25 years, including as the Vice President and General Counsel of Ziff Davis Media, the Vice President and General Counsel of Newsday, and a Litigation Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She is admitted to the bars of New York, Connecticut and the District of Columbia.

Levin has taught Media Law & Ethics at Stony Brook University, Long Island University and Pace University. At Long Island University, where she taught for 16 years, she was also the Director of the Journalism Program, Assistant Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Faculty Adviser for the student newspaper, Director of the summer high school honors journalism institute, and the Producer, Judge and Host of the Best of High School Journalism Awards. At Stony Brook University, she served as Media Law Adviser for the School of Journalism from 2013 to 2019.

Over the course of her career, Levin has published numerous articles for, among other outlets, the College Media Review, Student Press Law Center Report, New York Law Journal, New York Times Book Review, American Bar Association Journal, Corporate Counsel Newsletter, Barrister magazine, Special Counsel newsletter, Anton Media Group, and Patch.com. She has served as the book reviewer for the College Media Review, the flagship academic journal of the College Media Association.

Levin has been a peer reviewer for journalism and mass communication conference papers and books, and a judge for numerous journalism contests. She has worked as an editor and reporter for a weekly community newspaper.

Levin is a sought-after speaker, commentator, panelist, and trainer on First Amendment issues. She has been a member of the advisory board of the Fair Media Council, the Vice President of Reading Dream, and a member of the College Media Association, the Student Press Law Center and the Society of Professional Journalists.

She earned a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and a Certificate in Journalism from New York University.