Brian Clark, LAW ’23, is a 2022 Executive Law & Public Policy Scholar and an evening division student at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Brian’s policy interests are in election law, first amendment jurisprudence, and civil rights, with a focus on voting rights. Brian was born in North Carolina, spending most of his life in various cities across the state; Brian has lived in Philadelphia for the last four years and is proud to consider it home now.
Before attending law school, Brian graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a BA in Political Science. After graduation, Brian worked with various organizations focused on fundraising, voter registration, and voter mobilization in the 2016 election. After the election, Brian shifted to higher education, working for Western Governors University (WGU). He now leads an academic authenticity team charged with investigating violations of the school’s authenticity policies. While at WGU, Brian earned his Master’s in Business Administration.
Brian’s pursuit of a JD has come out of his experiences in politics in North Carolina where he saw first-hand the difficulties and misinformation surrounding the process for registering and casting a ballot, especially for students on college campuses.
While at Temple, Brian has served on the board of the Night Owls, Temple’s evening student organization. He has also served as a teaching assistant for Legal Research & Writing and participated in Temple’s Integrated Trial Advocacy Program.