Faculty & Staff

Center Leadership

Sung Eun (Summer) Kim

Faculty Director, Korea Law Center
Professor of Law
skim@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-4946

Grace K. Lee

Program Director, Korea Law Center
glee@law.uci.edu

Mary Germain

Senior International Programs Administrator
General Contact for Korea Law Center
mgermain@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-5335

Rabie Kadri

Law Centers Manager
Contact for Korea Law Center events
rkadri@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-2370

Research Fellows

Yonghyung (Thomas) Chung

Class of 2025
yonghyc2@lawnet.uci.edu

Annie Hong

Class of 2026

Yongsoo Kim

Class of 2025

Rachel Lee

Class of 2025

Semmie Lee

Class of 2026

Seoungjun Lee

Class of 2025

Yi-Jeong (Allison) Yoo

Class of 2025

Past Fellows

Sean Cho

JD Class of 2022

Sarah Choi

JD Class of 2017
Cooley LLP

Yujin Choi

JD Class of 2021
Ropes Gray

Cecilia Choy

JD Class of 2019
McDermott Will & Emery

Damhee Hu

Class of 2023

Bonggeul (Edward) Joo

Class of 2024
bonggej@lawnet.uci.edu

Kristin Young Eun Kang

JD Class of 2022

Aiden Kim

Class of 2023

Betty Kim

JD Class of 2021
Greenberg Traurig

Esther Eun Jean Kye

Class of 2024
ejkye@lawnet.uci.edu

Kate Shinhae Oh

JD Class of 2022

Sophie Paeng

JD Class of 2021
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project

Karen Shin

JD Class of 2019
Blank Rome LLP

Tim Yoo

JD Class of 2019
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Piljoo Yoon

LLM Class of 2018
Samsung Electronics

Contact

Mary Germain
Senior International Programs Administrator
mgermain@law.uci.edu
(949) 824-5335