Public Activities
Levin began his public activities in the Likud Party's student faction at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he served as Spokesman and later as Deputy Chairman of the faction. In 1997 he headed a team that established the Likud Party branch in the city of Modiin and in 2003 was appointed Chairman. Levin served as head of the election campaign of Chaim Bibas for the position of mayor of Modiin. He represented the opposition to the Disengagement Plan in the supervising committee of the Likud members' poll on the Plan, and represented the Members of Knesset who opposed the Plan in various legal proceedings.
In 2006, the Likud Party Chairman, Benjamin Netanyahu, appointed Levin to head the Likud committee for oversight of government authorities in order to coordinate the Likud's opposition activities against the government and its then Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Levin filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against the Prime Minister which resulted in the appointment of a Minister of Social Welfare after a long period of time during which this position was unoccupied.
In addition to his public activities in the Likud, Levin took part in establishing the New Young Lawyers Faction, which participated in the elections for the Israel Bar Association institutions for the first time in 1999. Levin, who headed the Faction list, was elected Member of the National Council of the Association and Member of the Jerusalem District Committee representing the Faction. In the National Council elections, Levin was elected Vice Chairman of the Israel Bar Association. Levin was also appointed Head of the Bar Association's salaried lawyers committee. In the 2003 elections for the Bar Association's institutions, the New Young Lawyers Faction increased their power and Levin was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Bar Association (2003–2005). During his work in the Bar Association he took part in its legal aide project Sachar Mitzvah and led reforms in the rules of ethics for lawyers. Levin was among the initiators of the survey examining the conduct of judges in the courtrooms. The Bar Association published the results of the survey.
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