Konkuk University Law School

Konkuk University Law School
Hangul	건국대학교 법학전문대학원
Hanja	建國大學校法學專門大學院
Revised Romanization	Geonguk Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Kŏn'guk Taehakkyo

Konkuk University Law School
건국대학교 법학전문대학원
Motto in English	Sincerity (성, 誠),; Fidelity (신, 信),; Righteousness (의, 義)
Type	Private
Established	2008
Chairman	Kim Kyung-Hee
Dean	Choi Yoon-hee
Academic staff	39
Students	120 JD (Expected, currently 80 for 1L & 2L)
Location	Seoul, South Korea; 37°32′31″N 127°04′35″E / 37.54194°N 127.07639°E
Campus	Urban
Colors	Green
Nickname	KU Law
Website	lawschool.konkuk.ac.kr

Konkuk University Law School (also known as Konkuk Law School or KU Law, Korean: 건국대학교 법학전문대학원) is one of the professional graduate schools of Konkuk University, formerly known as the College of Law. Located in Seoul, Republic of Korea, it is one of the 25 government approved law schools. It has the lowest student to faculty ratio in the country. It plans to specialize in real estates law and offers scholarship to all students. 50% of the students will receive half scholarship and the other 50% of the students will get full scholarship.

History

Dr. You Suk Chang established the Chosun Political Science School in 1946 and later became Konkuk University in 1959. In 1954 the College of Law was established. The college graduated around 8,000 students since its founding. In 2009, the College of Law was changed to law school and no longer accepts undergraduates.

Chronology

May 1946 -Chosun Political Science School established.
February 1959 -Law Department at the College of Politics established
January 1965 -The College of Law and Politics separated from the College of Politics.
October 1987 -The College of Law was separated from the College of Law and Politics.
March 1988 -Closure of the second campus of the College of Law
March 2003 -Undergraduate enrollment each year increased from 120 to 200.
August 2006- Completion of the Law Library and Annex
March 2009- First class for Law School

Admission

Admission to Konkuk Law is highly selective: For the class entering in 2009, there were approximately 304 applicants, of which 40 were admitted. 22 applicants had a perfect TOEIC score and the median composite LEET score was around 115. The applicants were varied; there were many who come from U.S. and Canadian universities as well as U.S. licensed attorneys. About 2/3 were male.

The applicants were evaluated based on their undergraduate GPA, LEET (standardized law school admission exam), admissions essays and personal/case interviews. Konkuk Law also gave one and half hour written exam which tests the applicants analytical skills. Interviews were conducted by five faculty members who evaluate the applicant's personal merit and logical skills.

Seoul National University produced the largest number of acceptance- twelve, followed by Yonsei University, eleven and Korea University and Ewha Womans University each producing two. Sogang University, Hongik University, Chung-Ang University, Sookmyung Women's University, Pusan National University, George Washington University, University of California, Berkeley each had one acceptance.^[3]

Only 15% of them majored in law as undergraduate – the percentage of L.L.B (bachelor of law), those who studied law in college is much higher in other schools, such as Korea University where the ratio was 59%. The overall percentage of LLB in all schools is 33.7%.^[4]

Notable faculty

Hong Il-pyo (former chief of the Judicial Research and Training Institute)
Choi Yoon-hee (attorney, judge and prosecutor, former professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute)
Jeong Hae-bang (former vice-minister of the Ministry of Planning and Budget)^[5]

Famous alumni

Lee Sang Kyu (former vice-minister of Education)
Goh Young Gu (former president of National Intelligence Service)

Curriculum

First year

Spring semester

General Provisions - Civil Law
Contracts - Civil Law
General Provisions - Criminal Law
Fundamental Rights - Constitutional Law
Corporations
Legal Research

Fall semester

Legal Writing in English
Constitutional Law
Civil Law
General Provisions- Commercial Law
Specific Provisions- Criminal Law

Second year

Programs

Juris Doctor (J.D.) Program
Joint degree programs
- J.D./L.L.M (with Chicago-Kent)- Konkuk Law School is in discussion with Chicago-Kent College of Law for joint-degree program. The program allows the Konkuk students to spend their third year at Chicago-Kent and receive both JD and LLM from Konkuk and Chicago-Kent. This LLM program exposes the Konkuk law students to American law as well as makes them eligible to take the bar exam in the U.S., allowing them to be admitted to bar in both Korea and U.S.
Exchange Programs

The school has an exchange program with Chicago-Kent.

Scholarship

A half of each class of the JD program receive scholarship that cover the full tuition. The other half receive scholarship that covers half of the tuition.

Facility

The Law Building

The law building consists of one underground level and five over ground levels and contains 4,400 square meters of space.

The Law Library

The first floor contains monographs and law books and the second floor contains government publications and other research materials.

The Reading Room

The Computer Lab

Iluhun

Iluhun (일우헌) is a university's residential hall for the students preparing for the goshi(national examinations, 고시).

Academic Societies

Private Law Studies Society
Public Law Studies Society
Society of Studies of Jurisprudence
Society of Case Studies
College of Law Newspaper (Boepinjungun)
Juriscampus

References

^ "Konkuk University". Website. Konkuk University. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
^ "Konkuk University Administration". Website. Konkuk University. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
^ 건국대 로스쿨 합격자 발표…비법학 전공 85%, Konkuk Today, December 11, 2008
^ 로스쿨, 20대 파워…3040 직장인은 `쓴맛`, Korea Economic Daily, Dec 5 2008.
^ Donguk Post

Bibliography

Konkuk University College of Law Brochure.

External links

Official website (Korean)
Student Council website (Korean) Archived 2020-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Konkuk University". Website. Konkuk University. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[2] "Konkuk University Administration". Website. Konkuk University. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[3] 건국대 로스쿨 합격자 발표…비법학 전공 85%, Konkuk Today, December 11, 2008

[4] 로스쿨, 20대 파워…3040 직장인은 `쓴맛`, Korea Economic Daily, Dec 5 2008.

[5] Donguk Post

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