"'Civil Law Authority' Former Supreme Court Justice Kim Jae-hyung Appointed President of the Civil Law Society (Comprehensive)"

Professor Kim Jae-hyung, a former Supreme Court Justice and a professor at Seoul National University School of Law, was inaugurated as the president of the Korean Civil Law Association on the 1st of this month. This is the first time a former Supreme Court Justice has served as the president of a law-related academic society. The term for the president of the Korean Civil Law Association is one year.

Kim Jae-hyung, the newly appointed president of the Korean Civil Law Association.
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In his inaugural speech, President Kim stated, “The Korean Civil Law Association has not only led the development of civil law since its enactment but also played a crucial role in the amendment of civil law and the establishment of special civil laws. This year, we will reorganize the Civil Law Amendment Review Committee and deepen research on civil law amendments to make a substantial contribution to the revision of civil law.”

He continued, “The association holds four regular academic conferences and four case study meetings annually. Starting this year, we plan to broaden exchanges with foreign civil law academia by rehosting the ‘East Asian International Civil Law Conference’ together with the civil law associations of major East Asian jurisdictions: the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan. We are also planning academic events that facilitate interaction and communication between academia and practitioners,” he added.

President Kim is recognized as a leading authority on civil law in Korea. He graduated from Myungji High School in Seoul and the Department of Law at Seoul National University, passing the 28th Judicial Examination in 1986. He began his judicial career as a judge at the Seoul Western District Court in 1992 and served as a judge at the Seoul Civil District Court in 1994. In 1995, he moved to his alma mater as a professor of civil law at Seoul National University, where he nurtured future legal scholars for 21 years. He was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice in 2016, served a six-year term, and returned last year as a professor at Seoul National University School of Law.

Founded in 1957, the Korean Civil Law Association is a leading academic organization in the field of civil law with over 500 members. It originated from the ‘Civil Law Draft Research Group,’ established in 1956 to review the draft civil code. The Civil Law Draft Research Group began as the ‘Civil Law Research Society’ in 1957 and was renamed the ‘Korean Civil Law Association’ in 1974.

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