Manish Kurien ‘19 is a Law Faculty Scholar and 2018 Law and Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Mr. Kurien graduated from Davidson College in 2014 with a B.A. in History, Minor in Religion, and concentration in Political Science. During his undergraduate education, Mr. Kurien also spent nine months in the United Kingdom. While there, he studied at Cambridge University and Queen Mary, University of London, and worked at the North Kensington Law Centre in London where he worked in the fields of immigration and employment discrimination.
After graduation, Mr. Kurien spent two years working at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C. in the Bureaus of Competition, Consumer Protection, and the Office of Commissioner Julie Brill. During his time in law school, he also interned in the chambers of Judge Roth of the Third Circuit and Judge Petrese B. Tucker of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
As a Law and Public Policy Scholar, Mr. Kurien is working as a Law Clerk at the Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division, particularly within the Environmental Enforcement Section. Mr. Kurien’s policy interests include international, environmental, and refugee law. His personal interests include playing and watching soccer.