Konkuk University Law School

Konkuk University Law School
건국대학교 법학전문대학원

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

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 Woman's 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]

Interestingly, 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

Famous alumni

Curriulum

First year

Spring semester

Fall semester

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.

Iluhun

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

Academic Societies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Konkuk University". Website. Konkuk University. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Konkuk University Administration". Website. Konkuk University. 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

Bibliography

External links

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