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Kum-Sil KangExpert Advisor
T. 02-3019-5452
F. 02-3019-5498
E. kskang@onelawpartners.com
KUM-SIL KANG
Profile
Kum Sil Kang served for 13 years in the Korean judiciary, including as a judge of the Seoul High Court, and later served as the 55th Minister of Justice of the Republic of Korea. She was Managing Partner of One Law Partners, LLC from 2018 to 2024.
She currently serves as Ambassador for Global Climate and Environment of the Republic of Korea and as an Advisor to One Law Partners, LLC.
She currently serves as Ambassador for Global Climate and Environment of the Republic of Korea and as an Advisor to One Law Partners, LLC.
Education
- 1975Kyunggi Girls’ High School (1975)
- 1979Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., 1979)
- 2013Catholic University of Korea, Graduate School for Life (2013)
Experience
- 1981Passed 23rd Korean Bar Examination
- 1983~1985Judge, Seoul District Court Southern Branch
- 1983Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1985~1987Judge, Seoul Family Court
- 1987~1988Judge, Seoul Civil District Court
- 1988~1990Judge, Busan District Court
- 1990~1992Judge, Seoul District Court Northern Branch
- 1992~1994Judge, Seoul Civil District Court
- 1994~1995Judge, Seoul High Court
- 1996~2000Managing Partner, Law Office of Attorney at Law Kum Sil Kang
- 2000~2003Director, Korea Human Rights Foundation
- 2000~2003Member, Presential Commission on Policy Planning
- 2000~2003Member, Office of National Environmental Conflict Resolution Commision
- 2000~2003Managing Partner, Jipyong LLC
- 2000~2003Member, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning
- 2000~2003Member, Office of National Environmental Conflict Resolution Commission
- 2001~2003Vice Chair, Lawyers for Democratic Society
- 2001~2003Member, E-Commerce Mediation Committee
- 2001~2003Director, Korea Women’s Hot Line
- 2001~2003Member, Newspaper Fair Competition Commission of Korean Association of Newspapers
- 2002~2003Non-standing Member, Anti-Corruption Commission
- 2003~200455th Minister of Justice, Republic of Korea
- 2004~2006Managing Partner, Jipyong LLC
- 2006Candidate for Seoul Mayor, Uri Party
- 2006~2007Ambassador for Gender Issues
- 2006~2008Senior Advisor, Wooil Law Group
- 2006~2016Director, The Asia Foundation Korea Office
- 2008Supreme Representative, United Democratic Party
- 2009~2018Senior Advisor, One Law Partners, LLC
- 2013Special Adviser, Heilongjiang Qiqihar City, China
- 2014Economy Special Adviser, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
- 2015~2024Executive Director, People for Earth
- 2018~2024Managing Partner, One Law Partners, LLC
- 2018~2024Chief Director, Sun Pro Bono Center
- 2019Operating Member, East Asia Railway Community Forum
- 2019~2021Advisor, National Council on Climate and Air Quality
- 2020~2022Chairman, Gangwon Art & Culture Foundation
- 2021Co-Chair, Gyeonggi Climate Response and Industrial Transition Special Committee
- 2021Member, Democratic Party of Korea’s Special Committee for the Promotion of the Inter-Korean High-Speed Railway
- 2021~2023Head of ESG Center, One Law Partners, LLC
- 2022ESG Special Advisor, Seoul Bar Association
- 2023~2026Ambassador for Climate Change, Gyeonggi Province
- 2024~2025Partner, One Law Partners, LLC
- 2024~2025Co-Chairperson, People for Earth
- 2025Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Korea to France
- 2025Chief Co-Chair, Central Election Committee for Lee Jae-myung, Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea
- 2026~PresentAmbassador for Global Climate and Environment of the Republic of Korea
- 2026~PresentExecutive Director, People for Earth
- 2025~PresentAdvisor, One Law Partners, LLC
Major book & Thesis
- Book
- 2011An Old Soul: A Pilgrimage from Rome to Assisi. Seoul, South Korea: Woongjin Knowledge House
- 2012The Politics of Life. Seoul, South Korea: Rhodos Books
- 2021Plea for Earth. Seoul, South Korea: Gimmyoung Publishers
- Scholarly Papers
- 1990On the Constitutional Court’s Decision of Limited Constitutionality Regarding Paragraph 5 of Article 7 of the National Security Act, Human Rights and Justice, No. 171.
- 1996Two Views on the Pro-North Korean Nature of Article 7 of the National Security Act, Human Rights and Justice, No. 277 (Journal of the Korean Bar Association)
- 1999A Critique of the Decision Upholding the Constitutionality of the Provision Extending the Detention Period under the National Security Act, Defense of Democracy, No. 30.
- 2000A Legal Approach to the Abolition of the Family Head System, Jeju Human Rights Academic Conference
- 2000The Defendant’s Human Rights and Fundamental Issues in Criminal Trials, Human Rights in the 21st Century, Hangilsa
- 2016Thomas Berry’s Thoughts on Earth-centric Rights, Human of Now, Earth of Tomorrow, People for Earth Forum’s Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea
- 2016Earth Jurisprudence’s Meaning and Biblical Interpretation, Earth Jurisprudence and Toward Ecology Governance (Proceedings of the 18th Seoul Catholic Eco Forum), Seoul, South Korea
- 2017Earth Jurisprudence, a New Paradigm in Law and Governance, International Conference on Ecological Transformation of Korean Society, Ecological Civilization Project (EcoCiv)