Philip B. Kurland (October 22, 1921 – April 16, 1996) was an American legal scholar.
[1] He became a law clerk for Jerome Frank, and then served Justice Felix Frankfurter in the same role from 1945 to 1946.
[2] Kurland worked for the United States Department of Justice, and began his legal practice in New York City before starting his teaching career at Indiana University.
Shortly after Kurland began teaching at Chicago, the law school's dean Edward H. Levi called him, which resulted in a lifelong friendship.
[2] Kurland died at Bernard Mitchell Hospital on April 16, 1996, aged 74, while seeking treatment for pneumonia.