Kyung Mo Kang

JSD Student

Home Country: South Korea
Cohort: 2025

Kyung Mo Kang received an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from Notre Dame Law School in May 2021. Prior, Mr. Kang earned B.A. in Korean law from Myongji University in Seoul and J.D. equivalent from Handong International Law School in Pohang, South Korea. He is admitted to practice in Washington, DC, and worked for corporations in Seoul as a corporate attorney. Mr. Kang is a research fellow at Transitional Justice Working Group, a Seoul-based organization for North Korean human rights. As a research fellow, he published two books titled “A Study on Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – Transitional Justice in Cambodia and the Unification of Korea” and “A study on International Tribunal to prosecute those who are accountable for Civilian Abduction during the Korean War”. His dissertation topic is the criminal accountability for North Korean human rights violations, especially appropriate model of criminal tribunal for North Korean human rights crimes.