Impact Report
Our programs are reaching a wide network of lawmakers, legislative staff, educators, academics, and students. Through our oversight workshops, civic education material, awards, fellowships, and much more, we are spreading the Center’s values of effective and transparent government that works for the American people and that engages our next generation of voters.
Find our key impact metrics below or read up on our 2024 Annual Report!
Congressional Office
Our Congressional Office in Washington, D.C., provides legislative oversight training to congressional staff and committee clerks, coordinates our Legal Summer Internship Program, leads our Carl Levin Award for Effective Oversight, and tracks current case law affecting Congress’ oversight powers.
475 Congressional Staffers Trained
35 Wayne Law Students Placed as Interns in Congressional Oversight Committees
30 Legal Cases Affecting Congress Oversight Powers in our Caselaw Tracker
State Oversight Academy
The Levin Center’s State Oversight Academy provides oversight workshops and training across to state legislatures across the country. It houses the unique State Legislature Oversight Wiki, created an online and on-demand oversight training course, and provides state elected officials and their staff with a wealth of resources and materials on how to conduct oversight in their states.
Over 2 million Unique Page Views of our State Legislature Oversight Wiki
347 State Elected Officials and 114 Staff Members Trained in Legislatures Across the Country
140 Enrollments in our Online Oversight Training Course since its Launch in February 2025
Civic Education
Our civic education program Learning by Hearings provides free lesson plans, classroom materials, and videos to high school social studies teachers in Michigan and beyond. Our team hosts professional development opportunities for educators and provides extracurricular mock oversight hearings to engage future voters.
Over 2,000 YouTube Views of our PBS Video Series
134 Downloads of our Learning by Hearings Lesson Plans
Teachers in 29 U.S. States from 94 Unique Schools Reached
In Michigan, 26 School Districts Downloaded our Materials from 11 ISDs
Research and Scholarship
We support research and scholarship through our Elise J. Bean Oversight Fellowship program, recognize outstanding scholarly paper with the yearly Levin Center Awards for Excellence in Oversight Research, build and maintain a database of congressional oversight reports, and provide many opportunities for scholars to engage with each other and find synergies in their work.
Over 1,500 Entries in our Congressional Oversight Records Database
237 Subscribers to our Oversight Scholars Distribution List
5 Papers Recognized with our Yearly Levin Center Award for Excellence in Oversight Research
