Past Events
KLC | Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Considerations in South Korea
11/10/2022
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
401 E. Peltason Drive, Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92697-8000
The UCI Law Korea Law Center welcomes a panel of experts to discuss Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations in South Korea.
Speakers include:
JUNE YONG LEE
SENIOR FOREIGN COUNSEL
KIM & CHANG
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JUNSEO LEE*
SENIOR RESEARCHER
KOREA LEGISLATION
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
YOON RYUNG EOM*
PARTNER ATTORNEY
LEE & KO
CHANGDEOK GIM, Ph.D.
UCI LAW LL.M.
SUNG EUN (SUMMER) KIM
PROFESSOR, UCI LAW
DIRECTOR, KOREA LAW CENTER
*Presented in Korean with live English translation
KLC | Career Advice Panel
11/9/2022
4:00:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
401 E. Peltason Drive, Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92697-8000
The UCI Law Korea Law Center welcomes June Yong Lee (Kim & Chang) and Young Ham (Aptos Solar Technology) to offer advice for students as they enter the legal career field.
KLC | Jisue Lee, "The Future of Two Koreas"
12/22/2021
10:30:00 AM to 1:00:00 PM
1083 California Ave, Irvine, CA 92617
The UCI Law Korea Law Center welcomes Professor Jisue Lee (Myongji University) to discuss the state, and future, of diplomatic relations between South Korea and North Korea.
KLC | Real Talk with Gloria Han, a Young Prosecutor
4/19/2021
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
Please join us for the third installment of the Korea Law Center’s Public Interest Law Forum, a speaker series that spotlights Korean and Korean American public interest lawyers practicing in South Korea and in the United States.
This event will feature Gloria Han, a Deputy District Attorney at the Tehama County District Attorney’s Office. Han attended UCLA as an undergraduate where she majored in Communication Studies. She then graduated from University of Michigan Law School where she was the Executive Notes Editor of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law. She interned at Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Washington, D.C.; the California Attorney General's Office: Appeals, Trials, Writs; and the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in the Domestic Violence Unit; and post-barred at the Napa County District Attorney's Office. She is now a Deputy District Attorney 2 at the Tehama County District Attorney's Office in California.
Han is a recent law school graduate and will be sharing her experiences in applying to jobs, seeking mentorship in the field, and being the only Korean American prosecutor in the district. This event will not be recorded, so that participants can have a frank and candid discussion about subjects like discrimination in the workplace, what it means to be a progressive prosecutor and to exercise discretion, and how to create changes in the criminal justice system. We especially encourage students who are interested in becoming prosecutors or working in the criminal justice system to attend.
If you have any questions for Gloria Han, please submit them to Research Fellow Sophie Paeng: paengb@lawnet.uci.edu.
KLC | Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans
4/14/2021
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
Please join the UCI Law Korea Law Center for a discussion with esteemed panelists, Professors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Claire Jean Kim, and Sameer Ashar. Our panel will address how Asian Americans can take moments of suffering as opportunities to better understand the conflicts affecting our communities, and how collaboration with the African American community and other communities of color can provide for transformative change, especially in times of increasing hate crimes.
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu is a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine and also directs the UCI Humanities Center. She received her PhD in U.S. History from Stanford University and previously taught for seventeen years at Ohio State University. She authored Dr. Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: the Life of a Wartime Celebrity (UC Press, 2005) and Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism, and Feminism during the Vietnam Era (Cornell University Press, 2013). Her current book project, a collaboration with political scientist Gwendolyn Mink, explores the political career of Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color U.S. congressional representative and the co-sponsor of Title IX. She also is working on a book that focuses on Asian American and Pacific Islander Women who attended the 1977 National Women’s Conference.
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and a Faculty Affiliate of Gender & Sexuality Studies and Queer Studies at the University of California, Irvine. During her time at UCI, she has received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research through her contributions in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and Division of Undergraduate Education. Willoughby-Herard works on comparative racialization in the South African and North American contexts, Black political thought, and African feminisms. In her recent book, Waste of a White Skin: Carnegie and the Racial Logic of White Vulnerability (UC Press, 2015), she uses black feminism, black internationalism, and the black radical tradition, to explore the effects of politics of white poverty on black people’s lives, work, and political resistance. In particular, this groundbreaking book examines the ways in which the philanthropic institution of the Carnegie Foundation contributed to the constitution of apartheid as a process of knowledge production in South Africa.
Claire Jean Kim is a Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her first book, Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City (Yale University Press, 2000) is the recipient of the American Political Science Association's Ralph Bunche Award for the Best Book on Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism and a Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Her second book, Dangerous Crossings: Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age (Cambridge University Press, 2015), is the also the recipient of a Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Dr. Kim has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and essays, and she is co-editor of a special issue of American Quarterly entitled Species/Race/Sex (2013). She is the recipient of a grant from the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, and she has been a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
Sameer Ashar is the Associate Dean for Equity Initiatives and a Clinical Professor of Law and UCI School of Law. Professor Ashar has worked with students to defend immigrants in deportation proceedings and low-wage workers in litigation against exploitative employers in clinics at five law schools. He has also worked with students on numerous policy advocacy and community education projects in collaboration with immigrant and labor organizations in California, New York, and Maryland. Professor Ashar writes about law, lawyering, and social movements across multiple subject areas, including labor law, immigration law, and the legal profession. The focus of his scholarship is on how law and lawyering both inhibits and enables collective action against racial and economic subordination. ProfessoAshar has published most recently in Clinical Law Review, Law & Contemporary Problems, Fordham Law Review, Daedalus, and UCLA Law Review and is the inaugural recipient of the Stephen Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award, given by the AALS Section on Clinical Education.
KLC | Fireside Chat with Jessica Chen: Acing Virtual Interviews
4/8/2021
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
Description:
The Korea Law Center and APALSA are planning to co-host a virtual fireside chat with Jessica Chen, a communications specialist and the former Emmy Award winning news reporter, on the art of communication in the era of Zoom.
Specifically, Jessica will provide advice for students on how to present oneself in a clear and confident way when conducting virtual interviews. In order to maximize your experience from the fireside chat, please watch “Executive Presence on Video Conferencing Calls” by logging into Linkedin Learning and starting the free trial. After watching the video, we highly encourage you to prepare questions for Jessica that you might have regarding interviewing.
Speaker Bio:
Jessica is a trusted communications advisor to several elite tech leaders in Silicon Valley and Asia. She is also Founder & CEO of Soulcast Media, a global business communications agency that partners with Fortune 500 companies to elevate their team’s presentation, presence and authority in-person and on-video. Her previous clients include Rutan & Tucker LLP, LinkedIn, Medtronic, Marsh & McLennan, and DraftKings.
Prior to starting Soulcast Media, Jessica was a broadcast television journalist. She has been awarded an Emmy-Award for her work at ABC 10 News and multiple Associated Press Awards. Jessica is also a top LinkedIn Learning Instructor where her communications courses have been taken by over 1 million learners.
KLC | Interview Tips with Judge Richard Y. Lee
3/10/2021
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
The Korea Law Center is planning to host on March 10th at 12 PM - 1 PM a virtual conversation with Judge Richard Y. Lee, Orange County Superior Court Judge, whose ten-year anniversary on the bench was celebrated last semester. Judge Lee has hired a number of UCI Law students as externs in previous years, and has been a generous mentor and role model to countless UCI Law students. This event is for students who have questions regarding how to navigate the judicial externship and clerkship process, such as advice on interviewing and what qualities are sought after in candidates. If you have any specific questions you would like to be asked during the event, please email your questions to Sean (seansc3@lawnet.uci.edu), Betty (heesok@lawnet.uci.edu), or Damhee (damheeh@lawnet.uci.edu) by February 25th.
KLC | Public Interest Law Forum: Lisa Kang, Deputy Alternate Public Defender for Los Angeles County
2/26/2021
5:00:00 PM to 6:00:00 PM
Please join us for the second installment of Korea Law Center’s Public Interest Law Forum, a speaker series that spotlights Korean public interest lawyers practicing in South Korea and in the United States.
This event will feature Lisa Kang, a Deputy Alternate Public Defender for Los Angeles County. Lisa represents people accused of having committed crimes who cannot afford a lawyer. Prior to working at the Alternate Public Defender’s Office, she worked for the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office as a Deputy Public Defender.
Lisa received her law degree from NYU School of Law, where she interned for the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project, the Bronx Defenders, The Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C., and the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn’s Juvenile Defense Division. She received her B.S. from USC, where her work with the ACLU SoCal’s Jail Project inspired her to dedicate her professional life to social justice, especially in the context of the criminal justice system.
In addition to serving on the governing board of Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance (APAWLA), Lisa is the immediate past chair of the Executive Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, reading novels, and taking care of her many animals and houseplants.
If you have any questions for Lisa Kang, please submit them to Research Fellow Sophie Paeng: paengb@lawnet.uci.edu.
NOTE: This event is being recorded for archival, educational, and related promotional purposes. All audience members agree to the possibility of appearing on these recordings by virtue of attending the event or participating in the event. Since this is a webinar, your image will not appear during the session.
KLC | Public Interest Law Forum: GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation
2/2/2021
5:00:00 PM to 6:00:00 PM
KLC launched the Public Interest Law Forum, a guest speaker series that spotlights Korean and Korean-American public interest lawyers. This first event featured a panel of speakers: Pilkyu Hwang, Jirim Kim, and Yae-Ahn Park, attorneys with GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, which is South Korea’s first public interest law organization.
We learned about the different paths each of them took to become a public interest lawyer as well as how the landscape of public interest law in Korea has changed in GongGam’s seventeen years of existence. Notably, more and more people in South Korea have been exposed to public interest law since the country adopted the graduate-level law school system, like the one we have in the United States.
When asked what they believe to be the most important non-substantive skills and traits for a public interest lawyer, the attorneys listed patience, creativity, and empathy. Patience is important because change often occurs slowly in public interest litigation and advocacy efforts. Creativity is necessary for attorneys who wish to challenge existing laws or to create new ones to protect vulnerable populations. Yae-Ahn Park, who received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, added that being a U.S.-trained attorney in Korea can be an advantage because she brings a different perspective to the issues GongGam is called to solve. Finally, empathy—the definition of the Korean word 공감 “gong gam,” which is also the name of the name of the organization—is essential to seeing clients as "ordinary people in extraordinary situations” instead of “extraordinary people.” One way lawyers can practice empathy is using their privilege as licensed professionals to listen to and amplify the voices of activists, who are the most experienced and committed to the cause but often are not heard by those in power or positions of change. This practice also builds trust.
One of the difficulties of working during the pandemic for these attorneys has been the inability to travel to disaster sites, where they would normally meet with the affected people to learn about the issues. The GongGam attorneys ended this discussion on a positive note, expressing that they are exploring creative ways to work with those affected by disasters to reduce their carbon footprint, as air travel is “one of the most serious factors” contributing to climate change.
We hope this is the first of many conversations between the Korea Law Center and GongGam. The KLC is collecting additional questions and/or comments from our registrants, and we will share the attorneys’ answers with you at a later date. Please send your questions by Saturday, February 27, to Research Fellow Sophie Paeng: paengb@lawnet.uci.edu.
The Korea Law Center would like to express gratitude to Research Fellow Sophie Paeng for her vision and leadership of the KLC Public Interest Law Forum series and to the Gong Gam attorneys Pilkyu Hwang, Jirim Kim, and Yae-Ahn Park for opening this series.
KLC | The Honorable Richard Y. Lee's Ten Years on the Bench
10/8/2020
6:00:00 PM
Zoom celebration organized by the UCI Law Korea Law Center
Please join the UCI Law Korea Law Center in commemorating the ten-year anniversary of Judge Richard Y. Lee on the bench in the Superior Court of Orange County.
A TRIBUTE
On August 11, 2010, Judge Lee became the first and remains the only Korean American judge to be appointed to the Superior Court of Orange County.
Judge Lee has been a longstanding leader in the Korean American legal community of Orange County. Prior to his time on the bench, Judge Lee joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California and served as an executive director for OCKABA.
The Korea Law Center would like to celebrate not only the remarkable ten-year milestone of Judge Lee's tenure on the bench, but also the legacy he has built beyond the courtroom walls. Judge Lee has taught various courses including Trial Advocacy at UCI Law for several years, and mentored research fellows from the Korea Law Center, like myself, as his externs. The impact of seeing a Korean American lawyer sit on the bench is profound: the dream becomes a little more real.
When I asked Judge Lee how I could possibly return the kindness and inspiration he has instilled in me, he often replies, "pay it forward and help others."
Thank you for seeing us, believing in us, and challenging us to lead beside you.
- Betty Kim, UCI Law '21, KLC Research Fellow and Former Extern
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
RSVP for the Zoom Session
The Zoom Celebration link will only be shared with attendees who RSVP! Click here.
Record a Video Message
Please take a moment to record a short congratulatory message. Click here. We will create a compiled video and play it at the Zoom Celebration. If you wish to submit a written message in lieu of a video message, please submit via the RSVP form above.
Attend the Zoom Celebration
October 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM
Judge Lee will share his remarks about his journey and the importance of diversity on the bench. We will also play the congratulatory messages from our attendees! Please note that this Zoom gathering may be recorded.
Please email heesok@lawnet.uci.edu for questions.
Korea Law Center Virtual Open House
9/24/2020
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
The Korea Law Center ("KLC") is pleased to invite you to a virtual open house on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. This virtual event is an opportunity to learn more about KLC's people, programming, and future plans, and to build a community around the Center's mission and scholarship. Welcoming remarks will be presented by Dean Song Richardson, KLC Director Professor Summer Kim, and our Research Fellows. There will also be a short round of Trivia for a chance to win KLC T-Shirts!
A Zoom link will be shared with those who RSVP. We look forward to meeting you virtually.
KLC | Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-term COVID-19 Containment Strategy
6/29/2020
4:00:00 PM
The Center for Critical Korean Studies, the Korea Law Center at UC Irvine, and the American Law Center and Cyber Law Center of the Korea University Law School present:
Law and Privacy in the New Normal: Long-term COVID-19
Containment Strategy
Monday, June 29 | 4:00 p.m.
RSVP to receive Zoom instructions
This webinar will discuss the role of law and privacy in long-term COVID-19 containment strategies both in the US and Korea.
Korea is the only major country affected by COVID-19 that has neither closed its borders to any country nor mandated general lockdowns. Korea found success instead by quickly re-activating Section 76-2 of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act legislated in 2015 in response to MERS. Implementation of this contact tracing law has been embraced by the public in Korea. Even after the COVID-19 curve has flattened, Korea continues to be proactive with its tracing policy in an effort to maintain its open-border, open-business policy.
Due to privacy concerns, the U.S. has yet to legislate a new law that would allow for an effective location tracking of patients and contactees. Several Senate bills were recently proposed, including the Exposure Notification Privacy Act on June 1, 2020, which attempts to protect consumer privacy while promoting public health, but these are still being debated. As the U.S. re-opens businesses, the evaluation of Korean law from human rights and trans-constitutional perspectives is urgent.
Experts will discuss the role of law in both the United States’ and Korea’s response to the COVID-19, and critically reflect on South Korea’s success, in the hope of making a contribution to the American legal community.
Speakers
Michele Goodwin
Michele Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor of law at UCI and is the founder and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy and its internationally praised Reproductive Justice Initiative.
David Kaye
David Kaye is a clinical professor of law at UCI and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the freedom of opinion and expression.
Kyung Sin Park
Kyung Sin Park is a professor at Korea University's School of Law. He is the co-founder of executive director of Open Net, a completely donor-funded not-for-profit organization aimed at providing a forum for discussion and collaboration to explore effective policies and solutions.
Nohyoung Park
Nohyoung Park is a professor at Korea University's School of Law. He teaches and researches on international law, legal aspects of cyber security, data protection, digital trade and negotiation/mediation. He is responsible for the Cyber Law Center at Korea University's School of Law.
KLC | Karen Shin (Pepper Hamilton) on the CCPA
6/1/2020
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
Zoom
The Korea Law center welcomes Karen Shin (Associate at Pepper Hamilton; former KLC Research Fellow) to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Korea Law Center Distinguished Speaker: Jordan Barry
4/13/2020
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
Online
Jordan Barry, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, will present his paper on personalized law as part of the spring 2020 seminar, Corporate Law and Practice in the Intelligence Age.
Korea Law Center Distinguished Speaker: Wassim Alsindi
3/30/2020
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
Online
Wassim Alsindi, Managing Editor of the Journal and Conference Series at the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, will present his project, TokenSpace, as part of the spring 2020 seminar, Corporate Law and Practice in the Intelligence Age.
Korea Law Center Distinguished Speaker: Karen Shin
3/23/2020
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
Online
Karen Shin, Associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP, will discuss recent developments concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act as part of the spring 2020 seminar, Corporate Law and Practice in the Intelligence Age.
Korea Law Center Distinguished Speaker: Emilio Cazares and Veronica Reynolds
3/16/2020
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
Online
Emilio Cazares, an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Sheppard Mullin, San Diego (Del Mar), and Veronica Reynolds from BakerHostetler will speak on how emerging technologies impact corporate law and practice as part of the spring 2020 seminar, Corporate Law and Practice in the Intelligence Age.
Korea Law Center Distinguished Speaker: Fred Tung
3/9/2020
3:30:00 PM to 5:30:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Fred Tung, Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, will speak on innovations in banking as part of the spring 2020 seminar, Corporate Law and Practice in the Intelligence Age.
Light refreshments will be provided.
KLC | Lunar New Year Festival 2020
1/27/2020
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
A311 Student Center, Irvine, CA 92697-2050
The Korea Law Center is pleased to support the School of Humanities' 2020 Lunar New Year Festival, featuring special performances including Japanese drumming, lion dancing, martial arts, Kpop dance, and traditional Chinese dances.
Supported by:
Department of East Asian Studies And With Funding Support From: Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture & Inclusion, Center for Asian Studies, Center for Critical Korean Studies, Department of Asian American Studies, Division of Undergraduate Education, Ezaki Glico Corporation (Pocky), Humanities Center, Humanities Language Learning Program, Insomnia Cookies, Korea Law Center, Long U.S.-China Institute, Office of Global Engagement, Program in Academic English, School of Humanities, UCI Illuminations.
KLC & GLAS | Nadia Rendak | IMF in the Changing World: Recent Developments and Challenges
11/20/2019
1:00:00 PM to 2:00:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
The UCI Law Korea Law Center and the Center on Globalization, Law, and Society welcome Nadia Rendak, Senior Counsel in the Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to discuss the role of the IMF, an institution established following WWII to promote international monetary cooperation, in the international financial architecture of today. Ms. Rendak will address some recent developments at the Fund, as well as challenges the organization faces.
About Nadia Rendak
Ms. Rendak is Senior Counsel at Legal Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She joined the IMF in 2000 and has since worked on a wide range of issues related to the IMF financing and surveillance operations, including exchange system issues, corporate and household insolvency, sovereign debt, and cooperation with other international institutions and organizations.
Light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Korea Law Center Roundtable
10/21/2019
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
Please join us for the upcoming KLC Roundtable on 10/21 12-1 p.m. @ LAW 3600. This Roundtable will focus on research brainstorming and roadmapping, with the following objectives:
1. Review what good research looks like.
2. Learn how to brainstorm ideas and create a research plan through case studies with Director Jiyeon Lim, as well as Professor Summer Kim and Research Fellow Piljoo Yoon.
Ultimately, the goal is to provide visiting scholars, research fellows, and students with helpful tips and exercises to save time with research. Please come with any questions that you may have regarding your own research topic so far!
Date: Monday, October 21, 2019
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: LAW 3600 (third floor, turn right after the elevator, then make a left after the restrooms)
Request for RSVPs: Please fill out this form with your RSVP, even if you do not plan on attending. Food will be catered accordingly!
Parking: If you need a parking permit on 9/30, please indicate “Yes” on Column H of the Google Form (link above). We will reserve half-day parking passes for attendees, which you can pick up at the parking kiosk at the Social Sciences Parking Structure located on Campus Drive and Stanford. Please mention the "Korea Law Center Roundtable" at the kiosk to receive your permit.
KLC Fall Visiting Scholars Roundtable
9/30/2019
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
UCI School of Law
Jessica Pierucci, our Research Law Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, will join us to introduce valuable campus resources to help the Korea Law Center's Visiting Scholars with their research projects. She will also demonstrate what kinds of sources are available using examples from some Visiting Scholars' research questions. If you would like to submit a research question to Jess, please note it in your RSVP. Ying Zhang, the Research Librarian for Asian Studies at Langson Library will also be joining us.
Agenda for the Roundtable:
1. Welcome and introductions: Sophie Paeng, Korea Law Center Research Fellow
2. Presentation on research strategies: Jessica Pierucci, Research Librarian for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law
3. Introduction to Langson Library: Ying Zhang, Research Librarian for Asian Studies
4. Lightning round: Open opportunity for all participants to share current research topics
5. Closing and wrap-up: Sophie Paeng
Please direct all RSVPs and questions regarding the Roundtable to KLC Research Fellow Sop hie Paeng.
KLC Chuseok and Fall Welcome
9/16/2019
11:30:00 AM to 1:00:00 PM
UCI Law Library
On September 16, 2019, UCI Law Korea Law Center (“KLC”) hosted an event to celebrate the start of the fall semester and Chuseok, the traditional Korean thanksgiving holiday.
UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson, KLC Director and Professor Summer Kim, and the research fellows (Yujin Choi, Betty Kim, Jinho Noh, Sophie Paeng, and Pierre Yoon) welcomed new visiting scholars, as well as LLM and JD students who joined UCI Law in fall 2019. KLC research fellows prepared kimbap, japchae, and songpyeon to celebrate Chuseok.
After Dean Richardson and Professor Kim delivered their opening remarks, the research fellows introduced themselves and explained the various events and functions that they have planned for the fall semester. Each fellow is in charge of an important event or update, such as the Visiting Scholar Roundtable and Alumni Q&A. After the research fellows’ introduction, each student and scholar who attended the Chuseok event took turns introducing himself or herself.
The event also featured an icebreaker game in which the attendees answered questions about UCI. 2L Research Fellow Betty Kim facilitated the game. The guests were divided into teams, and each team worked together to answer the questions and to win prizes.
KLC’s mission is to promote practical solutions to problems arising at the intersection of U.S. and Korean law and to strengthen the bond between the U.S. and South Korean legal society via active exchange of legal knowledge. Every year, the KLC welcomes 12–15 visiting scholars who are conducting research. This network of scholars has facilitated important comparative discussions across a range of topics spanning criminal, constitutional, and privacy laws.
For more examples of the collaborative efforts between UCI Law and legal scholars, judges, lawyers and policymakers from South Korea, click here.
Photos from the Chuseok event are available here.
2nd Annual Trans-Pacific Business Law Dialogue
8/12/2019
8:00:00 AM to 5:00:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
This event continues the initiative started by Professors Kon Sik Kim and Ok Rial Song of Seoul National University in 2018. Our aim is to bring together business law scholars from the U.S. and Korea to promote academic exchange and inspire new ideas across the Pacific.
Read more about the event here.
View the event program here.
Intellectual Life Workshop: Asif Qureshi
11/19/2018
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
As part of the UCI Law & Korea University School of Law Joint Symposium, Asif Qureshi, Professor of International Economic Law at the Korea University School of Law, will present his paper, “Contextualising International Law in Northeast Asia."
Hosted by the Korea Law Center and co-sponsored by GLAS.
Corporate Governance Colloquium with Jeong Ho Kim
11/19/2018
4:45:00 PM to 6:15:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
As part of the UCI Law & Korea University School of Law Joint Symposium, Jeong Ho Kim, Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law at the Korea University School of Law, will present his paper, “Samsung v. Elliott: Issues in Korea Corporate Governance Law."
Hosted by the Korea Law Center.
Korea Law Center Open House
10/25/2018
12:00:00 PM to 1:00:00 PM
401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000
The Korea Law Center is pleased to invite you to an open house on Thursday, October 25, 2018. This luncheon is an opportunity to learn more about the Center's people, programming, and future plans, and to build community around the Center's mission and scholarship. Welcoming remarks will be presented by Dean Song Richardson followed by introductions to this year's visiting scholars and research fellows. We hope to see you there!