Carol J. Kim

Carol began her legal career as a paralegal in Washington, DC, working on high-stakes disputes involving international litigation and investment treaty arbitration. These experiences informed her interest in the intersection of business, law, and global markets.

During law school, Carol interned as a law clerk at the US Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program. In addition, she served as a student director of the University of Chicago Law School’s corporate law clinic, where she worked with Fortune 500 and startup companies on projects spanning data privacy regulation, whistleblower policies, FCPA compliance, and M&A trends. 

As a law student, Carol also worked as a human rights law research assistant, analyzing legal frameworks governing gestational surrogacy in multiple countries. She further served as co-president of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and International Refugee Assistance Project, in addition to co-founding the law school's association for disability rights advocacy. 
 

• The Wilson Center’s Korea Center, NextGen US-ROK Leadership Program (2024)
• DC Courts/DC Bar Pro Bono Center, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
• The University of Chicago Law School, International Human Rights Law Fellowship (2020)
   

• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member
• DC Bar Association, Member

• “An Examination of U.S. Jurisdiction and Enforcement of U.S. Judgments Abroad in the Context of North Korean Cyberattacks,” Chicago Journal of International Law Online, Winter 2022
• “How the Law School’s Coase-Sandor Institute Supports Empirical Scholarship,” University of Chicago Law School, 9 November 2021
• “Summer in Seoul: A UChicago Law Student’s Travel Experience during the Pandemic,” University of Chicago Law School, 2 October 2020