[Law Firm Now] YK Signs MOU with Dongguk University Graduate School for Industry-Academic Cooperation and Legal Support

Educational and Research Support for Cultivating Legal and Interdisciplinary Talent

Addressing Key Issues and Discovering Joint Projects

Expanding Infrastructure and Information Sharing

YK Law Firm (Managing Attorneys Kyunghoon Kang and Bumhan Kim) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Graduate School of Dongguk University for the purpose of cultivating legal experts and interdisciplinary talent, as well as strengthening industry-academic cooperation.

On September 8, YK Law Firm announced that on the previous day, an MOU signing ceremony was held at Lotus Hall in the main building of Dongguk University in Jung-gu, Seoul, attended by Kyunghoon Kang, Managing Attorney of YK Law Firm, Seungyong Kim, Dean of the Graduate School of Dongguk University, and representatives from both institutions.

On the 7th, at the Lotus Hall in the main building of Dongguk University, Jung-gu, Seoul, YK Law Firm and the Graduate School of Dongguk University signed an MOU. Seungyong Kim, Dean of the Graduate School of Dongguk University (left), and Kyunghoon Kang, CEO of YK Law Firm, are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by YK Law Firm

Participants from YK Law Firm included advisors Sangyun Jang (former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education), Kidong Ko (former Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety), Seongseop Kim (former Vice Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups), Joonjae Lee (former Director of the Board of Audit and Inspection Training Center), partner attorney Jaewan Park, senior attorney Jihun Kim, and attorney Jawon Moon. From Dongguk University, Byunghoon Jeon, Director of Planning, Hyunseok Kim, Director of Faculty Affairs, Suye Lee, Director of Student Affairs, Junghoon Park, Director of Research Planning, and Gwangho Yoo, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, attended the ceremony.

With this agreement, the two institutions plan to expand exchanges in education and research, build a practical framework for cooperation, address key issues facing the university, and identify potential joint projects.

First, the two parties will promote education, research, and industry-academic collaboration to foster legal experts and interdisciplinary talent. They also agreed to cooperate in providing necessary legal consulting in the course of the graduate school’s work, legal welfare for members of the institution, protection and utilization of intellectual property rights, and other fields. Additionally, information sharing and the use of each institution’s infrastructure will be further expanded.

In particular, by combining the educational and research capabilities of the university with YK Law Firm’s legal expertise, they plan to respond to various legal needs that arise during research and industry-academic collaboration. Through this, they aim to provide legal support for the graduate school’s research and educational activities, address major issues, and lay a foundation for discovering new collaborative projects.

The two institutions also plan to continuously discuss specific cooperation tasks to address key issues and discover joint projects in the future, and will develop concrete implementation methods through separate discussions.

Managing Attorney Kyunghoon Kang of YK Law Firm stated, "The significance of this agreement lies in linking the educational and research strengths accumulated by the Graduate School of Dongguk University and YK’s legal expertise, so that it leads to tangible industry-academic cooperation outcomes. As a legal partner, we plan to actively work together not only for simple exchanges, but also to resolve the graduate school’s key issues and develop new joint projects."

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