Supreme Court, a class newly taught by Ken Levine, has garnered popularity among students, focusing on important cases relating to the Constitution. 

“The main topic (of the class) is studying cases that were significant from the Supreme Court over the past several years, mostly related to the Bill of Rights and cases that came out of interpretation of the Bill of Rights,” Levine said.

Levine, who has over 45 years of experience as a trial lawyer, has participated in cases across the United States. He has argued before the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Kansas, Florida, Minnesota, and Georgia, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States.

“I hope students become good thinkers,” Levine said. ”I hope they learn that studying law requires good thinking. Because you must analyze not only the law, but also the facts. And you need to be able to think through things. And that ultimately, there’s no black and white, there’s many shades of gray.”

Levine often brings in guest speakers to help explain and show all the ins-and-outs of trial and provide real-world examples that complement the lessons.

“One of the better trial lawyers in the city of Boston, Tom Faye, a good friend of mine, came in and presented a case to class one day,” Levine said. ”One of my former partners came in, and, we’re having the former Chief Justice of the Trial Courts in Massachusetts come in to talk to the class for a day. So by having those people come in, I think the students get more real-world understanding of the nuts and bolts of trial practice.”

Students enjoy the class and see it as useful and interesting, with the only complaints being the occasional long night or reading. 

 “The only issue I really have is sometimes we have to read a case before class, and it can take a little while,” Binyam Tsegai ‘26 said.

According to Levine, one of the challenges of teaching the class is the extensive amount of material to cover within limited time.

“The difficulty is there’s just so much to talk about and there’s just not enough time,” Levine said. “Sometimes there are issues and subjects that I really wish we could get into more and we just don’t have enough time. Because of this there are things I ask the class to read or cases I ask them to read before they come to class.”

Levine suggests this class to any students interested in any field of law or for any student who might be curious about the subject.