Marsha Levick

Marsha Levick is a lawyer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She is a co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of the Juvenile Law Center and recognized as a leading expert in juvenile justice.

Career

Marsha Levick finished the Friends Select School, Pennsylvania

She had led the Juvenile Law Center litigation before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court related Kids for cash scandal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Personal Her father was an oncologist and her mother was a psychologist who founded the first graduate-level art therapy program in the country at Hahnemann University Hospital.

Awards 2015: The Philadelphia Award; Quotation: "Mrs Levick's career-long commitment to advancing and safeguarding the rights of Philadelphia's youth has changed the face of juvenile justice not just in Philadelphia, but across the nation" Awards from professional associations: American Association for Justice Leonard Weinglass Award (2010) American Bar Association Livingston Hall Award (2010) Rutgers-Camden Black Law Student Association Champion of Justice Award (2010) Clifford Scott Green Bill of Rights Award, Federal Bar Association, Philadelphia Criminal Justice Section (2010) (co-recipient) Philadelphia Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Thurgood Marshall Award (2011) (Co-recipient) Other awards: Philadelphia Inquirer Citizen of the Year (2009) (co-recipient) The Legal Intelligencer, Women of Distinction (2010) Good Shepherd Mediation Program Shepherd of Peace Award (2010) Friends Select School, Distinguished Alumnae Award (2011) Arlen Specter Award, The Legal Intelligencer (2013) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Catcher in the Rye Award (2017)