Supreme Court Reveals 30 Preliminary Candidates for Successor to Justice Kwon Soon-il

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The Supreme Court has disclosed 30 preliminary candidates for the nomination of the successor to Supreme Court Justice Kwon Soon-il (61, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 14), whose term ends this September.

The Supreme Court announced on the 18th that from the 22nd of last month to the 1st of this month, it received 65 nominations for Justice Kwon's successor, of which 30 agreed to be reviewed by the Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee.

The candidates for the new Supreme Court Justice include 23 judges, 4 lawyers, 2 professors, and 1 former prosecutor. Among them are Kang Young-soo, Senior Presiding Judge of the Seoul High Court (53, class 19), Nam Hyung-doo, Professor at Yonsei University Law School (55, class 18), and Lee Kwang-soo, lawyer (58, class 17). Three of the candidates are women.

The list of candidates who consented to the review is available on the Supreme Court of Korea's website (www.scourt.go.kr) under the public service section. Information submitted by these candidates regarding their education, major career achievements, assets, military service, and criminal records is also disclosed.

The Supreme Court plans to collect public opinions until the 1st of next month. Afterwards, the Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee will review the nominees and select three or more candidates deemed suitable for the position.

The Recommendation Committee consists of six ex officio members and four non-ex officio members.

The ex officio members include the senior Supreme Court Justice, the Chief of the Court Administration Office, the Minister of Justice, the President of the Korean Bar Association, the President of the Korean Association of Law Professors, and the Chairperson of the Association of Law Schools.

The non-ex officio members, appointed from outside, are Park Kyung-seo, President of the Korean Red Cross; Kim Hye-sook, President of Ewha Womans University; and Kang Jung-hwa, President of the Korea Consumer Federation. Baek Joo-yeon, a judge of the Seoul Central District Court (42, class 36), has been appointed as a judicial member who is not a Supreme Court Justice.

After the Recommendation Committee narrows down the candidates and recommends them to Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo, Chief Justice Kim will nominate one of them to President Moon Jae-in for appointment as Supreme Court Justice.

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