Lee Youngjin
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
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Lee Youngjin is a South Korean judge. He was appointed to Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea in 2018.
Lee Youngjin | |
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이영진 | |
Lee in 2024 | |
| Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea | |
| In office 18 October 2018 – 17 October 2024 | |
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| Born | 25 July 1961 |
| Alma mater | Sungkyunkwan University |
He is from Hongseong County, South Chungcheong Province. After graduating from Sungkyunkwan University Law school, he passed the bar examination,Thirty-second with first-class honors in 1990. He began his career as a judge at the Cheongju District Court. He then served as a judicial policy officer at the National Court Administration and as a presiding judge at the Jeonju District Court and Suwon District Courts. He left the court in 2009 and served as a specialist member of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee for two years. After being reappointed as a judge in 2011, he served as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute and as a presiding judge at the Seoul Central District court, Busan High Court, and Seoul High Court.[1] He succeeded Justice Kang Il-won and was appointed a judge of the Constitutional court[2] by President Moon Jae-in on October 18, 2018, upon the recommendation of the Pareunmirai Party.[3]
Career
- 1993 Judge, Cheongju District Court
- 1996 Judge, Cheongju District Court Jecheon Branch
- 1997 Judge, Suwon District Court
- 2000 Judge, Seoul District Court
- 2002 Judge, Seoul District Court Eastern Branch
- 2003 Judicial Policy Research Judge, National Court Administration
- 2004 Judge, Seoul High Court
- 2005 Judge, Judicial Policy Office, National Court Administration
- 2006 Judge, Seoul High Court
- 2008 Presiding Judge, Jeonju District Court
- 2009 Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court
- 2011 Professor, Judicial Research & Training Institute
- 2012 Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court
- 2015 Presiding Judge, Busan High Court Changwon Branch
- 2017 Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court
- 2018~2024 Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea