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When venerable former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles Levin, cousin of Senator Carl Levin, was appointed to study the case and make a recommendation to the JTC, Chrzanowski appeared to be in deep trouble. Levin sorted through the evidence and then, amazingly, determined that Chrzanowski had done nothing worthy of removal--or even suspension--from the bench. Levin wrote that channeling cases to "close personal friends" was a common practice and that he couldn't punish Chrzanowski for behavior that "other judges have and...will continue to indulge in." As for the misstatements to police, Levin concluded the judge...
...Levin's opinion provoked outrage from lawyers and editorialists alike. "Everyone should have a level playing field when they walk into a courtroom," said JTC executive director Paul Fischer. "How can it be fair when the judge is sleeping with one of the attorneys?" Said New York University legal ethicist Stephen Gillers: "There's no way of soft-pedaling Chrzanowski's conduct, no way of defending it.'' Wrote the Detroit Free Press: "There's surely something wrong with a system that can't hold [Chrzanowski] accountable." The judge's supporters are few. In her own defense, Chrzanowski released a statement...
Kaplan's course will discuss current issues facing the media, such as the effects of media mergers on the industry and whether there are diminished rules for reporting sources of late. Guest speakers at his lectures will include Ted Koppel of ABC News, Gerald Levin, CEO of AOL Time Warner and Andrew Hayward, President of CBS News...
...week, a professor lectures in a borrowed room and then the education students fan out to classrooms to perfect their new skills. Says Sally Blake, an associate professor of education at UTEP: "Now I can see what actually works in the classroom with real students and teachers." Henry Levin, a professor of economics and education at Columbia University's Teachers College, says that "universities like to cop the attitude that they can make public schools better overnight." But after working hands-on in those schools, "they become a lot less brash rather quickly...
...Steve Case and Gerald Levin were key figures in the merger deal involving...