Category: 2021

Steven Jessen-Howard LAW ‘23 is a 2021 Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Steven graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2018 with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Sociology and Public Service. At Notre Dame, he worked with the Northern Indiana Restorative Justice & Reentry Clinic and Every Child Matters. He also received the Hesburgh Program’s Leadership and Public Service Award.
After graduating, Steven was an early childhood policy research assistant with the Center for American Progress. At Temple Law, he will serve as the president of Temple Law Democrats and the head of community service for the Student Public Interest Network during the 2021-22 school year.

This summer, Steven is interning with the National Association of Counsel for Children. His policy interests include child care access, the child welfare system, and ending poverty.

John Larkins LAW ’23 is a 2021 Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he serves as Co-President of the Health Law Society. John graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Human Science. While at Georgetown he volunteered with the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, canvassed for Clean Water Action NJ, and worked at the Lombardi Cancer Center performing research on nanomedical therapeutics. After graduating, John became a member of the Health Corps Team at the Washington AIDS Partnership, an AmeriCorps program. Through the program he became the Social Media Outreach and PrEP School Coordinator for the Community Health Department at Whitman-Walker Health, where he developed an interest in health policy and LGBTQ+ rights.

In Washington, John is an intern with the HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis Policy Team at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the health of communities by strengthening and advocating for local health departments. His policy interests include public health, specifically sexual health policy and global health, LGBTQ+ rights, and drug policy reform.

Thomas M. Locher LAW ’23 is a Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Prior to law school, Mr. Locher earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with a concentration in Macroeconomics, Money & Banking and a minor in Business from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to law school, he worked as a staffer on Capitol Hill and as a financial analyst administering corporate actions for institutional banking clients at SEI Investments. Mr. Locher is an active member of student organizations at Temple, serving as the Vice President of the International Law Society and as a representative for the Tax & Bankruptcy Society.

As a Law & Public Scholar, Mr. Locher is a Policy Intern with the Tax Foundation’s Center for Global Tax Policy, focusing on cross-border tax issues such as base erosion & profit shifting, a global minimum tax, and cross-border digital taxes.

Abygaelle Loubeau LAW ’23 is a 2021 Law and Public Policy Scholar and a Weisman Family Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Abygaelle graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Florida, majoring in Political Science and Psychology. At the University of South Florida, Abygaelle was a member of Phi Beta Kapa, a member of the University of South Florida Honors College, and a Global Citizen Awardee. She was also the fundraising chair of the University of South Florida Model United Nations organization and a peer leader for the Global Citizen Project.

This summer, Abygaelle is interning at the Nationalities Service Center’s Anti- Human Trafficking Team, which provides survivors of human trafficking support and legal services. Abygaelle’s policy interests are environmental degradation and human rights.

Harsha Mikkilineni Law ‘22 is a Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She has held executive board positions in the South Asian Law Students Association and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.

As a Law and Public Policy Scholar, Harsha is interning at the EEOC Office of Federal Operations which focuses on employment discrimination cases regarding federal sector employees. Harsha has an interest in employment law and will focus her policy paper on women of color in the workforce impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Harsha received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. While at Pitt, she worked at the Center for Urban Education research center.

Brandon Miller LAW ’23 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar and a Rubin Presser Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Brandon’s policy interests are in juvenile justice reform, direct juvenile legal advocacy, education reform, racial equity, and civil rights more generally. Born in Washington DC and raised in rural West Tennessee, Brandon has been a resident of Philadelphia for over 15 years and considers it home.

Before attending the Beasley School of Law, Brandon graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in English and African-American Studies. Upon graduation he relocated to Philadelphia where he has taught English and math to high school students in the School District of Philadelphia ever since. His pursuit of a JD has come out of his experiences with students in the classroom and seeing first-hand the effects of policy and law on youth – including family court issues, social service policies, and interactions with the juvenile criminal court system. In the time since beginning his teaching career, he also completed a MS in Secondary Education and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership, both from the University of Pennsylvania.

While a student at Temple, Brandon has served as president of the National Lawyers Guild, the symposium chair for the School Discipline Advocacy Service, a representative for the Black Law Students Association, and a member of the Dean’s Racial Justice Working Group.

This summer Brandon will be working with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Edmund Nyarko LAW ’23 is a 2021 Law and Public Policy Scholar and Weisman Family Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law. At Temple, he is active in the Student Public Interest Network and the National Lawyers Guild. Edmund is also the Vice President of the Black Law Students Association. He graduated from Xavier University in 2017 with a B.S. in Biology.

Before law school, Edmund spent two years as a research assistant at the University of Chicago, where he worked on projects focused on health inequities among racial and socioeconomic population groups in Chicago. Prior to that, he was a summer teaching fellow at Breakthrough Cincinnati, a nonprofit education program.

As a Law and Public Policy Scholar, Edmund is working for the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He has an interest in civil rights litigation.

Amanda Wagner LAW ‘23 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Amanda graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from SUNY Geneseo in 2016 with a B.A. in International Relations and minors in Biology and Environmental Studies. Electing to focus specifically on issues affecting the developing world, Amanda spent a summer in Ecuador working with a professor at a local university to develop a program aimed at evaluating the current and anticipated impacts of climate change in the region.

Prior to law school, Amanda spent several years working as a policy analyst for the New York State Assembly. Working primarily for the Committee on Codes, she researched, analyzed, and drafted legislation related to criminal justice reform, due process requirements, and penalty structures, with special focus on gun violence, immigration reform, domestic violence, marijuana decriminalization and record expungement, and crime victims’ services.

As a Law & Public Policy Scholar, Amanda is working at Microsoft’s U.S. Government Affairs Office. Her policy interests include criminal justice reform, immigration, and technology policy.

Aileen Wang LAW ’22 is a 2021 Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Ms. Wang graduated with distinction from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 with a B.A. in Legal Studies. At Temple. Ms. Wang served as Vice President Emeritus of the Federalist Society.

Prior to law school, Ms. Wang worked for the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales under the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom, where she helped draft policies regarding youth offenders. Ms. Wang created programs to help youth offenders complete their court sentences, developed programs to prevent youth offenders from re-offending, and assisted youth offenders and their families during court proceedings.

As a Law & Public Scholar, Ms. Wang is working at First Focus on Children, a bipartisan advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions. Her policy interests include child welfare and international human rights.

Carrie Weaver LAW ‘23 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Carrie graduated cum laude from Temple University’s College of Liberal Arts ‘20 with a B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice with distinction. There, she was also a member of the University Honors Program and spent the summer of 2019 interning with Philadelphia’s Support Center for Child Advocates. During her first year at Temple Law, Carrie worked with The American Constitution Society, The School Discipline Advocacy Service, and The Student Public Interest Network.

This summer, Carrie is interning with Child Justice, a non-profit organization that primarily represents the non-abusive parent of an abused child. Her policy interests lie within the intersection of psychology, child welfare, and education policy.