Instructor of Clinical Education; Director, Family Law Clinic
A.B., 1984 Princeton University; J.D., 1989 Harvard Law School
Phone: 501-916-5492 | Email: [email protected]
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Beth Levi taught Juvenile Law at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law as an adjunct professor from 2002 through 2006 and joined the Legal Clinic in 2007; she currently serves as the Director of the Family Law Clinic. In addition, Professor Levi teaches a section of the yearlong Research, Writing and Analysis (RWA) course; she has also taught Civil Procedure I and professional responsibility at Bowen.
Professor Levi has a longstanding commitment to public service, beginning her career at the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, and later serving as president of the Children鈥檚 Rights Project, staff member for the Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Review, and director of the Pro Se Divorce Clinic for the Legal Aid Bureau while in law school at Harvard. After clerking for U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock (D. Mass) from 1989 to 1990, she was a Massachusetts assistant attorney general from 1990 through 1994. She spent two years in private practice, and then moved to New York State, where she served as a law guardian and training director at a legal services office from 1997 through 2000, representing children in custody, visitation, abuse, neglect, delinquency, status offense, and domestic violence cases. Since moving to Arkansas, she has been a special education hearing officer and served on several boards, including the Advisory Council of Arkansas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Many of her cases have involved issues of domestic violence and the challenges such issues can present in litigation.