The 5th SNU-Berkeley Joint Workshop

• Title: The Recent Issues in Korean & American Law

• Date: June 18, Thursday, 2026

• Venue: Seoam Hall, Bldg. 17, 6th floor, Seoul National University

Program Schedule

Opening Ceremony

• 9:30 – 9:40 | Reception

• 9:40 – 10:00 | Welcoming Remarks & Greetings

  • Hyeok-Joon Rho (Dean, SNU School of Law)

  • Jong-Ik Jeon (Director, Asia-Pacific Law Institute)

  • Laurent Mayali (Director, UC Berkeley Korea Law Center)

Morning Session (10:00 – 12:20)

• Moderator: Kyung-Hoon Chun (Professor of SNU School of Law)

• 10:00 – 11:10

  • Presenter: Keun-Gwan Lee (Professor of SNU School of Law)

    • Topic: UN ILC’s Work on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction – With Reference to the Developments on Presidential Immunity in the United States

  • Commentator: Emily Rong Zhang (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

  • Presenter: Mark Gergen (Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

    • Topic: The Political Economy of Personal Debt in the US and South Korea

  • Commentator: Jung Soo Lee (Associate Professor of SNU School of Law)

• 11:10 – 12:20

  • Presenter: Woo-Young Rhee (Professor of SNU School of Law)

    • Topic: Constitutional Limitations on the Government Authority to Collect and Use Personal Data in Implementing Border Control and Immigration Policies

  • Commentator: David Hausman (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

  • Presenter: David Hausman (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

    • Topic: The Second Trump Administration’s Changes to Immigration Enforcement

  • Commentator: Woongjae Kim (Associate Professor of SNU School of Law)

• 12:20 – 13:40 | Lunch

  • Venue: Kim Chang Lee Hall

Afternoon Session (13:40 – 17:30)

• Moderator: Kye Joung Lee (Professor of SNU School of Law)

• 13:40 – 14:50

  • Presenter: Seonwhha Kim (Assistant Professor of SNU School of Law)

    • Topic: Naming and Shaming? When Law Fails and Private Justice Emerges : The ‘Bad Fathers’ Case in Korea

  • Commentator: Mark Gergen (Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

  • Presenter: José Argueta Funes (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

    • Topic: After Allotment: Notes on Reconstructing Legal Landscapes

  • Commentator: Jae-Hyup Lee (Professor of SNU School of Law)

• 14:50 – 15:00 | Coffee Break

• 15:00 – 16:10

  • Presenter: Yoon Jin Shin (Associate Professor of SNU School of Law)

    • Topic: The Rights of Gender and Sexual Minorities in South Korea : The Empowering Role of the Judiciary

  • Commentator: José Argueta Funes (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

  • Presenter: Emily Rong Zhang (Assistant Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

    • Topic: What We Get Wrong About Voting

  • Commentator: Jong-Ik Jeon (Director, Asia-Pacific Law Institute)

• 16:10 – 16:20 | Coffee Break

• 16:20 – 17:30

  • Presenter: Joon Hyug Chung (Associate Professor of SNU School of Law)

    • Topic: Legal Liability vs. Proportional Representation: What Works in Improving Poor Investor Protection?

  • Commentator: Erik Rakowski (Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

  • Presenter: Erik Rakowski (Professor of UC Berkeley Law)

    • Topic: Recent Initiatives in the US to Increase Taxes on the Wealthy or High Income Earners

  • Commentator: BeomJune Kim (Assistant Professor of SNU School of Law)

Closing & Banquet

• 17:30 – 17:40 | Closing Remarks

  • Jong-Ik Jeon (Director, Asia-Pacific Law Institute)

  • Laurent Mayali (Director, UC Berkeley Korea Law Center)

• 17:40 – | Banquet

  • Venue: Josun Hotel (The Ninth Gate)