SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA


july-October, 2019 Vol. 3
Worldwide
  • Shandong University President Visits SKKU
  • SKKU Law School Hosts Summer School Program with Fordham University
  • SKKU Holds 2019 Eurasia Sungkyun Korean Writing Contest
  • Sungkyun Institute of Chinese Studies Co-Hosts Largest International Conference on Social Governance
  • Sungkyun Research Institute Selected for ACLS Project
Top School
  • SKKU 95th Place in the 2019 QS World Rankings
  • SKKU Takes 81-90th Place in 2019 THE World Reputation Rankings
  • SKKU Ranked 89th in THE World Rankings and No.1 Private University in Korea
Global Campus
  • 2019 Global Walkathon: Hand in Hand, the Great Olle Road
  • Global Business Administration Holds 2019 Summer Global Camp
  • Center for Students with Disabilities Hosts 2019 Disabled Student Global Challenge Program
Discovery
  • Noticeable Articles Recently Published in Journals
Students' Activities
  • GSC Project Team Wins Participation Award at 4th Young Start-up League
  • SKKU Students Receive Award from Daegu International Musical Festival
  • SKKU Hosts Autonomous Car Designing Competition
  • SKKU “Chungrang” Holds 2019 Gohanora
International Student
  • 2019 International Summer Semester

SKKU Law School Hosts Summer School Program with Fordham University

For the past 13 summers, Fordham University has offered students the opportunity to gain insight into another country's justice system with the Summer Institute in International Law held in Seoul, South Korea. Co-sponsored with Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Asia's oldest continuous institution of higher learning, the program to date has hosted over 1,200 students from ten different countries and 70 different law schools. As the legal world continues to globalize, it has become imperative that lawyers have a deeper understanding of different legal cultures and systems as well as the laws that govern how different countries relate to one another.

The two week academic program typically offers three-credit courses in comparative and international legal subjects, such as International Business Transactions, International Commercial Arbitration, and Transnational Criminal Law. Classes are conducted in English, and participants also have the option to apply for an internship of either three or four weeks following the program's end.

Every summer, the group visits important governmental institutions for a deeper look at South Korea's justice system. This year's participants had the opportunity to visit South Korea's Supreme Court, where justices Min Yoo-sook and Kim Sang Hwan sat down with the students for a Q&A session. The justices and students discussed the Korean legal system, the role of the Court in Korean society, and the differences and similarities between the United States and Korean Supreme Courts.

During the Supreme Court visit, two judges who work at the Court were also present, one of whom is a Fordham alum: Hyo In Kang (LL.M. '17), who had served as a judge in South Korea before earning his Master of Laws degree (The other judge, currently serving as Director of International Affairs at the Court, is his twin brother!). Unlike in the United States, where Supreme Court justices typically hire recent law school graduates as clerks, Korean Supreme Court justices are assisted in their work by judges with at least ten years' judicial experience.


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