Dr. Faizal Kurniawan, S.H., M.H., LL.M. is a Law graduate from the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, in 2005. Then, he received his Master's degree twice, namely Master of Law at the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, in 2007 and Legum Magister at Utrecht University, the Netherlands in 2011. While studying at Utrecht University, he received a scholarship to the Directorate General for Higher Education Scholarship for Master Program (LL.M). He returned to the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, to complete his Doctorate in Law in 2019. 

His academic career began in 2006 when he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga. His areas of expertise are Contract Law, Bond Law, Procurement Law, Civil Law, and Family Law. Apart from being active as a lecturer, he currently serves as Secretary at the Center for Legislative and Contract Drafting, Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, since 2010 and Secretary at the Student Admission Center Universitas Airlangga since 2016. 

So far, he has published ten research journals and nine publications. He is a member of the Association of Civil Law Teachers and a Managing Partner at KJD Law Firm.