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Full-time Work Experience

Representative Attorney

Jan 2017 – Present Disability Rights Advocate Center

– Advocated for the rights of the persons with disabilities, children, sexual minorities through litigation, advice, policy and legislation research, institutional improvement, human rights education, and lectures

Team leader, Standing Attorney

Jan 2014 – Dec 2016 Seoul Human Rights Center for the Persons with Disabilities

– Advocated for the rights of the Persons with Disabilities through litigation, legal advice, on-site investigation, and research on Seoul city’s persons with disabilities and minorities

Pro Bono Director, Attorney

Feb 2012 – Dec 2013 Dongcheon Foundation (Founded by Bae, Kim & Lee LLC)

– Delegated persons with disabilities, North Korean escapees, and refugees who experienced human rights violations, and initiated public interest litigation, and policy improvement

– Planned, coordinated, and jointly took charge of pro bono cases

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Professional Appointments (Selected)

Current Roles

• Election Advisor, National Election Commission
• Member, Cultural Diversity Committee, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
• Chair, Disability Law Research Society
• Legal Advisor, Disability Discrimination Act Coalition
• Human Rights Director, Korean Criminal Procedure Law Association
• Appointed Expert, Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)

Former Roles

• Vice Chair, Human Rights Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Government
• Member, Committee for the Correction of Disability Discrimination, Ministry of Justice
• Expert Member, Child Rights Protection Committee, Ministry of Justice
• Member, Task Force for Human Rights Education Reform, Ministry of Justice
• Director, Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute
• Director, Korean Women Lawyers Association
• Member, Human Rights Committee, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
• Member, Human Rights Committee, Seoul Bar Association
• Member, Disability Rights Committee, Korean Bar Association
• Legal Committee Member, Research Institute for the Differently Abled Person’s Right in Korea
• Board Member, Christian Center Against Sexual Violence
• Director, Center for Sports Ethics, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

LICENSES

• Lawyer / Jan. 2012 / Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea (License number 14720)
• Sexual Violence Counselor / Aug. 2016 / Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Republic of Korea (License number 2016-1-05)
• Certified Social Worker / Mar. 2017 / Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (License number 2-736177)

EDUCATION

• Research Fellow / Jul. 2023 – Jul. 2024 / UNC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) United States of America, North Carolina -Carolina Asia Center
• Visiting Scholar / Jul. 2022 – Jul. 2023 / Duke University Law school, United States of America, North Carolina
• Master of Social Work / Mar. 2020 – Feb. 2022 / Chonnam National University College of Social Welfare, Republic of Korea – High Honors student and graduated Summa cum laude
• Governmental Legal Training / Mar. 2010 – Jan. 2012 / The Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (JRTI), Republic of Korea
• Bachelor of Laws / Mar. 2001 – Aug. 2006 / Kangwon National University College of Law, Republic of Korea

PUBLICATIONS

Research Highlights

• Kim Y., et al., (2023) “Analyzing Child Abuse Cases in Education”, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea
• Lee seung., Kim Y., et al., (2022) “A Study on the Plan for Strengthening Early Response to Child Abuse – Focusing on the investigation system and protection system -”, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Kim Y. (2022) “A study on Youth Aging-out from Out-of-Home care Experience of Supporting Relationships with origin-family”, Chonnam National University
• Kim Y., Han M. (2019) “Study on the Judicial Support Plan for Juvenile Persons with Disabilities Protection Cases” Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice
• Kim D., Kim Y., Lee J., Lee S. & Yeom H. (2017) “Welfare Act Guide for Persons with Disabilities” Seoul Welfare Foundation
• Kim Y. (2016) “Introduction and Rights Protection System for the Persons with Disabilities” Research on the Law of the Persons with Disabilities
• Kang M., Kim Y., Choi J., You J., Yoon Y. & Lee S. (2016) “A review of the legal basis for relieving discrimination related to access and use of websites for the persons of disabilities” Research on the Law of the Persons with Disabilities
• Kim Y. (2016) “Advisable management plan for Korean model of advocate agency for the rights of persons with disabilities”, Public Interest and Human Rights Vol.16 Seoul University
• Kim et al., (2015) “Human Rights of the Persons with Disabilities” Korean Bar Association Human Rights Report
• Kim et al., (2014) “Human Rights of the Persons with Disabilities” Korean Bar Association Human Rights Report
• Kang J., Kim Y., Min S. & Lee J. (2011) “Ethics Management and the Law” The Korea Academy of Business Ethics

Books

• Kim Y. (2025) “Human Rights in Your Pocket” Noran Sangsang (Yellow Imagination)
• Kim Y. (2024) “Standing for Someone” Woongjin Jisik House
• Kim et.al (2021) “Could Not Say I Like You” Jumping Books
• Kim Y. (2021) “Saying I Did Not Mean It” Woongjin Jisik House
• Kim Y. (2020) “A Child Who Is Not Strange or Sick” Woorischool Books – (Ranked 3rd in the Humanitarian Book of 2021 List)
• Kim Y. (2019) “Everyone Has Blossomed” Ewho Books
• Kim et al. (2017) “Commentary on the Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities” Nanam Publishing

AWARDS

• Grand Award for Public Interest Lawyer / Jan. 2023 / Korean Bar Association
• Ministerial Award / Jun. 2022 / Ministry of Science and ICT
• Presidential Award for Crime Victim Protection / Nov. 2021 / President of the Republic of Korea
• Ministerial Award / Oct. 2021 / Ministry of the Interior and Safety
• 12th Youth Ilga Award / Sep. 2020 / Ilga Foundation
• Best Speaker for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Dec. 2019 / Ministry of Health and Welfare
• Public Service Award / Sep. 2019 / Seoul Bar Association
• Best Lawyer Award / Dec. 2018 / Korean Bar Association          
• Best Young Public Interest Lawyer Award / Dec. 2018 / Network for Organizing and Widening Pro Bono Activities
• Seoul Welfare Award Grand Prize / Apr. 2018 / Seoul City
• Kwak Jung Sook Human Rights Award / Mar. 2018 / Kwak Jung Sook Memorial Association
• Achievement Award for Empowering Children’s Rights / Jan. 2018 / Korea Women Lawyers Association
• Young Lawyer Award / Feb. 2017 / Korean Bar Association
• Ministerial Award / Dec. 2016 / Ministry of Health and Welfare
• Achievement Award for Empowering Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Jan. 2015 / Korea Women Lawyers Association