Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Law School students have recently achieved top results in mock trials and paper competitions, enhancing the university's prestige.

▲International Human Rights Mock Trial — Placed Three Years in a Row

First, JBNU Law School marked another achievement at the recently held '2012 International Human Rights Mock Trial Competition,' placing for the third consecutive year. The competition, organized by the Korea Human Rights Foundation and sponsored by the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner, was open to undergraduate and graduate students nationwide (including law school students). Sixteen teams (48 participants) that passed the preliminary written screening advanced to the finals to compete.

At the competition, JBNU advanced four teams to the finals — which selected eight teams in the graduate division — and the 'Takeout' team, composed of Kim Ban-seok, Kim Yu-jin, and Kim Hye-seong (first-year Law School students), won the Excellence Award. The remaining three teams also received Encouragement Awards.

JBNU's teams were evaluated as having effectively argued the issues of compensation and redress for victims of forced mobilization during the Japanese colonial period.

Notably, after winning the top prize in 2010 and 2011, four student teams again placed this year, once again demonstrating their advocacy skills in the human rights field.

▲Yang Je-min Wins Grand Prize in IT Law Paper Competition

In addition, Yang Je-min (first-year) recently won the Grand Prize at the national law school IT Law Paper Competition.

In the competition, open to law school students nationwide, Yang presented a paper titled 'A Study on Desirable Amendments to the Telecommunications Business Act in Response to the Emergence of New IT Services,' which received favorable reviews.

The study analyzes past legislative cases related to IPTV, mobile, and the Internet amid the accelerating emergence of new IT services and proposes desirable amendments to the Telecommunications Business Act. It presented an ex-ante legislative impact analysis model capable of statistically analyzing the effects of the amendments, enhancing the study's practical significance.

Particularly, since the research relates to IT law, it was evaluated as achieving a balanced approach from both legal and engineering perspectives.

Yang, the Grand Prize winner, will receive the Korea Communications Commission Chairman's Award and a scholarship of KRW 5,000,000. The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Seoul on November 26.