Austin Kurtanich, LAW ’24, is a 2022 Law and Public Policy Scholar and Conwell Scholar at Temple Beasley School of Law. At Temple, he is active in the Student Public Interest Network and the Latin American Law Student Association. Austin graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2020 with a B.A. in International Politics.
Before law school, Austin spent three years as a facilitator at World in Conversation (WinC), a center for public diplomacy associated with Penn State. At WinC, he worked with the global exchange program and led dialogues between Penn State students and global partners in Afghanistan, Palestine, Colombia, and Iraq. Prior to that, Austin was a summer research assistant for the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a civil rights organization.
As a Law and Public Policy Scholar, Austin is working for the Nationalities Service Center with its Fund to Immigrant Justice (FIJ) initiative. The FIJ’s primary focus will be handling Afghan arrival cases. Austin has an interest in immigration law.