Fair Media Council Advisory Board Member

Carolyn Schurr Levin’s practice centers on media, publishing, First Amendment, and intellectual property law. A seasoned expert in prepublication review and editorial risk management, she brings decades of experience navigating the legal and ethical challenges facing news organizations and publishers. Before joining the firm in 2019, Levin spent 16 years at Long Island University, LIU Post, where she served as assistant professor, director of the journalism program, and assistant dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts. Under her guidance, the student newspaper earned 28 journalism awards, and she was nationally recognized in 2017 with the Distinguished Newspaper Adviser Award from the College Media Association.

Levin has also taught media law at Stony Brook University, Pace University, and Baruch College, and previously held senior legal roles as Vice President and General Counsel at both Ziff Davis Media and Newsday. She has contributed to the New York Law Journal, College Media Review, ABA Journal, and New York Times Book Review, among many others. She has also served as an editor, reporter, peer reviewer, and judge for numerous journalism organizations.

A respected voice on press freedom and legal issues, Levin is a frequent speaker and panelist, and serves on the advisory boards of the Fair Media Council, the College Media Association, the Student Press Law Center, and the Society of Professional Journalists. She has served as a judge of the Fair Media Council Folio Awards for many years. 

She holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago Law School.