Jin Sook Yun

About

Jin-Sook Yun has been serving as President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) since July 2024, has been a Professor of Law at Soongsil University since 2006, and currently serves as Director of its Human Rights Center. She holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Yonsei University, an LL.M. from American University, and a J.S.D. from Washington University.  

She has served as President of the Korean Association of Gender and Law in 2000 and of the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law from 2024 to 2025. In February 2026, she completed the Korean translation of Robert Alexy’s Law’s Ideal Dimension, winning the IVR 2022 Book Prize. Through her scholarship and leadership, she continues to shape global discourse on law, justice, and legal thought.

Research focus

• feminist legal theory
• philosophy
• sociology of law
• family law
• legal history
• human rights
• AI and law