SKKU’s Law School Team Won‘ The 2nd Military Jurisdiction Defense Contest’
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- 2018-11-27
SKKU’s Law School Team Won‘ The 2nd Military Jurisdiction Defense Contest’
-12 law schools, 16 teams applied...12 team entered the finals through written examination
-The Minister of National Defense Award, SKKU, Team Hammurabi ...the best defense award, EunSeok Lee
The Defense Ministry's High Court held the 2nd Military Jurisdiction Defense Contest for law school students on November 9th .
The Military Jurisdiction Defense Contest was held in the same format as the military trial so that law school students, who are prospective lawyers, can learn the procedure of the military criminal procedure and experience actual military trials.
The contest, which was sponsored by the Ministry of National Defense, the Korean Bar Association, the Law Schools Council, and the Army·Navy·Air-Force’s Headquarters, attracted 16 teams from 12 law schools and they were selected through a written screening.
The competitions were divided into the military inspection team and the defense team, followed by the arguments of both sides, the old form of the military prosecutor, and the final defense argument of the lawyer.
Han Sang-kyu, a professor of the law school at Kangwon National University, who is an expert member of the Supreme Court's Sentencing Guideline Council, was in charge of the evaluation. And the panel members were the chief judge, the chief prosecutor, the former chief of High Military Court, and a lawyer recommended by the Bar Association.
As a result of the heated contest, △The Defense Minister Award and the prize of 2 million won was given to the Hammurabi team of Sungkyunkwan University Law School (Young-joon Kang, Dong-hyun Kim and Hyo-beom Kim).
Also, △Chungnam National University Law School's Miffilt-Wins Team (Se-bin Lim and Tae-joon Park) received the Korea Bar Association Award, △The GunByunHaJang Team of Hanyang University Law School (Hyun-ah Park, Jong-hwan Choi, and Hyun-ui Hong) received the Law School Council Award, △Korean Foreign Language College Law School’s O-ki-do-gi Team (Kiram Kwon, Han-ok Jin)won the Army Chief of Staff Award ,and △the Konodo Team (Min-won Park, Ho-in Shin, and In-ho Choi) of the Chonnam National University Law School awarded the Air Force Chief of Staff Award. And each of the top five teams was awarded a 1 million won prize.
Besides, △ the Omega3 Team of Yonsei University Law School, the BuBangGuk Team of Jeju University Law School, the 3MANSQUAD Team of Korea Foreign Language College Law School, YiMalSamCho Team of Jeonbuk National University Law School, and the CheonHaSangSa Team of Busan Law School Law School won the Chief of the High Court Award.
The Education Minister Award and the prize money of 500,000 won, given to the individual for the best defense, was given to Lim Eun-seok, the Omega-3 team at Yonsei University.
Chang-sik Hong, the head of the High Military Court, said, "I hope this will be a time for law school students to broaden their understanding of the military law, and that the military court will establish military discipline and will guarantee the military personnel’s safeguard of human rights.“