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May 16, 2014
UC Berkeley's Korea Law Center hosts first conference
Justice Chang Soo Yang of the Supreme Court of Korea opened the first annual conference of UC Berkeley's new Korea Law Center in April. After signing a free trade agreement with the U.S., Korea has opened its legal market to foreign attorneys and firms. Justice Yang described how his country has experienced a rapid legal and cultural evolution since the 1970s, as it moved away from modeling itself on German and Japanese legal systems to creating its own, including an intellectual property regime that's the envy of other countries. — Joshua Sebold
Justice Chang Soo Yang of the Supreme Court of Korea opened the first annual conference of UC Berkeley's new Korea Law Center in April. After signing a free trade agreement with the U.S., Korea has opened its legal market to foreign attorneys and firms. Justice Yang described how his country has experienced a rapid legal and cultural evolution since the 1970s, as it moved away from modeling itself on German and Japanese legal systems to creating its own, including an intellectual prope...
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