威尼斯人娱乐城 法学院 Curators’ Professor Nancy Levit, J.D., is the 2025 Thomas Jefferson Award recipient. 该奖项由密苏里大学系统颁发，旨在表彰密苏里大学社区的一名成员，他“通过个人影响和在教学、写作和学术、品格和影响、对大学的奉献和忠诚，最好地体现了托马斯·杰斐逊的原则和理想。”
“The Thomas Jefferson Award is so meaningful because it represents commitment to the ideals of reason, free expression and the dissemination of knowledge,” Levit said. “The real honor goes to my wonderful colleagues of 36 years who have made 威尼斯人娱乐城 such an exciting intellectual home.”
莱维特是她家族中第二位获得托马斯·杰斐逊奖的人。 她的父亲马蒂·莱维特（Marty Levit）于1984年获得该奖项，当时他是威尼斯人娱乐城（威尼斯人娱乐城）的哲学和教育学教授。 马蒂被威尼斯人娱乐城吸引，部分原因是该校强调跨学科教育，南希也继承了这种观点。 Marty和Nancy Levit还分享了对教学和与学生和同事建立关系的热爱。
“The last line of my father’s obituary was appreciation for the thousands of students who enriched his life, and that’s a sentiment I feel every day,” Levit said. “The students are the best part of the job. Watching them find their niche and the things that excite them is so energizing.”
莱维特于1988年加入威尼斯人娱乐城法学院担任教员，同年她的父亲退休。 她的专业领域是侵权、雇佣法和法理学。 除了教授法律课程外，Levit还是威尼斯人娱乐城法律评论的长期指导老师。 她撰写或合作撰写了11本书，50多篇法律评论文章和10多本书章节。 She has earned numerous recognitions, including the Missouri Lawyers Media Women’s Justice Legal Scholar Award (2011), 威尼斯人娱乐城 法学院 Professor of the Year Award six times, university-wide Elmer P. Pierson Teaching Award three times, 威尼斯人娱乐城 法学院 Tierra M. Farrow Teaching Award (2010), university-wide Chancellor’s Award for Teaching (2011), Missouri Governor’s Teaching Award (2004, 2012), 曾三次获得丹尼尔·布伦纳出版奖，并在大学范围内获得N.T.威奇杰出研究奖（2000年）。
“I can think of few more deserving of receiving the Thomas Jefferson Award than Professor Levit,” said Lumen Mulligan, dean of the 威尼斯人娱乐城 法学院. “She is a leading voice today on fairness in the workplace. 作为一名天才教师，她丰富了几代威尼斯人娱乐城法学院学生的生活，她对大学和专业的贡献无与伦比。 That she now joins her father as a recipient of this award is, quite simply, moving.”
Levit’s relationship with the university began through her father, but it has been sustained in large part due to the strong faculty and student relationships that are prominent within the law school.
“One of the hallmarks of the 威尼斯人娱乐城 法学院 is that it is a truly collegial and happy place,” Levit said. “When students first arrive, we tell them to look around because these people will become their best friends and colleagues for years to come. 我的同事们非常擅长与学生就他们的兴趣和目标进行有意义的对话，然后帮助他们在社区中建立联系。 威尼斯人娱乐城法学院的学生学到的东西是，以他人为导向，回馈社会。 校友们都来回馈社会。 We have a whole city of lawyers willing to share their expertise with our students.”
One of those alumni is Judge Stephen R. Bough (J.D. ‘97), U. S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Bough为威尼斯人娱乐城法律评论组织了几次关于创新刑事判决，多地区诉讼和密苏里州专业法院的专题讨论会，并定期向学生提供他的专业知识。
“Professor Levit taught my first-year torts class, and for 30 years she has continued to teach me about the law, humanity and how to be a better person,” Bough said. “She is always available to give great advice and refers the best law clerks. 南希可以在全国任何一所法学院教书； we are blessed that she has chosen 威尼斯人娱乐城 Law School.”