L. Harold Levinson
Professor of Law, Emeritus
Room No. 247
Phone: (615) 322-2540
Fax: (615) 322-6631
Email: harold.levinson@vanderbilt.edu
Professor L. Harold Levinson (B.B.A., L.L.B. Miami 1957, 1962; L.L.M. N.Y.U. 1964, J.S.D. Columbia 1974). Professor Levinson joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1973 after teaching at the University of Florida College of Law. He is a scholar of professional responsibility, comparative law, administrative law, and accounting. He is a frequent speaker and writer on legal ethics. His current research focuses on the inclusion of non-lawyer professionals in law firm partnerships. He has been a visiting professor at NYU. Professor Levinson became Emeritus at the end of the 1998-99 academic year.
Law school positions
- Currently Professor of Law, Emeritus, Vanderbilt University
- Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University, 1974-1999
- Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University, 1973-74
- University of Florida, 1966-73 (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor).
- Visiting professorship, New York University, Fall semester 1994, George R. Olincy/American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants Visiting Professor of Law and Accounting.
Degrees
- B.B.A. (accounting major, magna cum laude), University of Miami (Florida), 1957.
- J.D. (cum laude), University of Miami (Florida), 1962.
- LL.M., New York University, 1964.
- J.S.D., Columbia University, 1974
Fellowship
- Jervey Fellow in Comparative Law, Columbia University, 1964-66. First year was spent in residence at Columbia University; second year was spent in Paris, France, for research in French administrative law.
Professional licenses
- Certified Public Accountant (Florida since 1958, now inactive; Tennessee since 1989, now inactive).
- Admitted to practice law (Florida since 1962, now inactive; New York since 1964; U.S. Supreme Court since 1969).
Professional activities (Representative)
- Member, Florida Law Revision Council, 1972-74.
- Consultant, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1976-86.
- Reporter, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1981 revision of Model State Administrative Procedure Act, 1978-81.
- Member, American Law Institute, since 1980; member, Members Consultative Group on Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers (since 1987).
- Faculty member, National Judicial College, Reno, NV, annual continuing judicial education programs for administrative law judges, 1979-97.
- Assistant to legal director, American Civil Liberties Union (national office, New York), summers 1964-65; cooperating attorney, ACLU 1965-70; briefed and argued Waller v. Florida, 397 U.S. 387 (1970) (double jeopardy protection applies to successive prosecutions by municipality and state for same offense).
- Participant (by invitation) in Congresses of the International Academy of Comparative Law (Congresses meet once every four years): Caracas (1982); Sydney (1986); Montreal (1990); Athens (1994); and Bristol (1998) --participation in each Congress included writing paper as U.S. national reporter on a designated topic; papers are published in American Journal of Comparative Law.
- Speaker at public hearing of ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice, Washington, DC, Nov. 13, 1998 (representing American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants -- prepared remarks and summary of testimony are posted on Commission's website).
Current research project
"Regulation of the Multidisciplinary Practice of Law, Accounting and Consulting" (continuing development of 1998 summer research supported by Vanderbilt Law School).
