Chonnam National University Law School

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Chonnam National University Law School
MottoTruth, Creativity, Dedication
TypeNational law school
Established2009
Dean Byungro Min
Address
Yongbong-ro 77 , Buk-gu
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Website lawschool.jnu.ac.kr

Chonnam National University Law School is a national law school in Gwangju, South Korea.

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Since it was founded in 1954, the school has produced a myriad of lawyers who have contributed to establishing justice in Korea. After setting up an approved three-year JD program in 2008 under the newly introduced law school system, the school is now one of the largest and each JD class enrolls approximately 120 students.

Hankyung Business Magazine has recently ranked Chonnam National Law 9th among top law schools in Korea in 2017. [1]

History

Programs

CNU Law School specializes in public interest law and corporate law.

Alumni

There have been a great number of prestigious judges from the school, such as Manun Bae, Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea, and Yanggyun Kim, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. Apart from that, it has also produced a myriad of congressmen like Eunhui Gwon, Yungeun Woo, Jaecheon Choi, and so on.

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References

  1. "지방 로스쿨 약진...10위권 3개 대학 입성". magazine.hankyung.com. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

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