Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy

Weekly Student Coffee Hour - Fall Semester 2025
2025-08-26 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-02 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-09 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-16 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-23 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-09-30 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-07 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-14 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Detroit) and 7 more dates | Law School Building, 2nd Floor, Carl Levin Center, Detroit, 48202, United States
Join the Levin Center for free coffee and tea! Held every Tuesday during term time, our Student Coffee Hour is a great opportunity to find out more about the Levin Center and our student programming. Drop by, grab a coffee, and don’t forget to say hi!

Levin Center Student Open House
2025-09-16 12:15 - 13:30 | Law School Building, 2nd Floor, Carl Levin Center, Detroit, 48202, United States
Join us for lunch on September 16 during the Levin Center’s Student Open House. The Levin Center provides many opportunities for Wayne Law students from internships in Washington, D.C., to Research Assistantships and career panels. Come find out more over lunch and coffee!

2025 Levin Center Award for Excellence in Oversight Research
2025-10-30 12:15 - 13:30 | Zoom Webinar
We are pleased to announce that Claire Leavitt, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College, is the recipient of our 2025 Award for Excellence in Oversight Research for her paper “I’ll be the Oversight”: Lessons from the (First) Trump Era. Selected from a competitive pool by a committee of oversight scholars and practitioners, Professor Leavitt’s work analyzes congressional hearings and reports from the second Obama and first Trump administrations, offering new insights into oversight priorities, executive cooperation, and the evolving balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.
Professor Leavitt will present and discuss her award-winning paper on October 30, 2025 from 12:15 – 1:30 PM (Eastern). Join us then!

Please register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uyj6gU-2Q4qMjCjGCcHdow

Levin Center Summer Internship Information Session
2025-11-18 12:15 - 13:15 | Law School Building, 2nd floor R: 2261
Want to spend the summer working in Congress? Apply for the Levin Center Summer Internship program! You will spend 10-12 weeks working on oversight investigations in a congressional committee under the supervision of a senior attorney.
Want to find out more? Join the Info Session!
RSVP HERE

Weekly Student Coffee Hour – Spring Semester 2026
2026-01-13 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-01-20 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-01-27 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-02-03 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-02-10 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-02-17 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-02-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2026-03-03 12:00 - 13:30 and 2 more dates | Law School Building, 2nd Floor, Carl Levin Center, Detroit, 48202, United States

Winter 2026 Career Panel
2026-03-24 12:15 - 13:15 | Law School Building, 2nd floor R: 2261
Do you want to learn from Wayne Law Alums how they pursued a career in public service? Join our Winter 2026 Career Panel!
We are featuring three previous Levin Center Summer Legal Interns, who returned to Washington, D.C., after graduating Wayne Law:

Yara Gayar – Counsel at the Oversight & Investigations subcommittee of House financial services committee
Nick Jakymowych – Assistant Counsel, House Office of the Legislative Counsel
Daina Robinson – Attorney Advisor, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Have your questions at the ready and join us for lunch and coffee on Tuesday, March 24 at 12:15pm in room 2261.
RSVP HERE

Working with IG’s: What Inspectors General Do and How They Can Be of Help
2026-03-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Capitol Hill, Cannon 240
Please join us for an informative one-hour briefing on the role of Inspectors General (IG’s) in the work of Congress. In particular we will look at how IG’s can address important issues raised by your constituents and how they can evaluate and/or improve programs in the jurisdiction of your committees. This briefing is limited to congressional staff members.
RSVP HERE
(*This event is for congressional staff only*)
Moderators

Zack Schram – Senior Congressional Oversight Fellow, Levin Center
Zack served for 10 years as counsel to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and recently as Chief of Investigations and Strategic Response in the CIA’s Office of General Counsel.

Tim Stretton – Director, Congressional Oversight Initiative, Project On Government Oversight
Tim served for 6 years for Senator Susan Collins and the Senate Aging Committee.

Guest Speaker:
Allison Lerner – Former Inspector General at the National Science Foundation; Vice Chair and Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), and previously serving for 17 years at the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General
Robert Storch – Former Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Special IG coordinating oversight of U.S. assistance to Ukraine, first IG appointed to the National Security Agency (NSA), Deputy IG and Whistleblower Ombudsperson at the U.S. Department of Justice.
