internship experience

On February 2nd , 2015, I began my internship at the Constitutional Court of Korea. I am a French law major, born and raised on Korean soil. This was my first time to see without filters, how the Korean justice system functions and flows. The structure of the Korean law is modern and just, protecting the rights of people.

The Korean heart of justice is fittingly located in the center of Seoul. The constitutional Court is a grey building comprised of four floors. the court employs justices, researchers, lawyers, court officers, and administrative personnel. Because of the small size of the building, the Constitutional Court of Korea has its own search institute where I learned and served most of my time.

During my time at the Constitutional Court of Korea, I was placed in the constitutional search institute which studies all the constitutional matters of Korea and foreign systems. Under the supervision of Doctor Han, who is the specialist of French constitutional law, I learned about the differences of between the Constitutional systems of Korea and France. I learned about the constitutional matter of the deathy penalty in the Korean legal system with through an unconstitutionality suit. After informed Korean legal system and educated by professor Ryu and Doctor Han, still it was briefly because of my short internship term, I start to understand better Korean unconstitutionality litigation system.--> This sentence is a little awkwardly phrased, maybe something like: Despite my internship being so short, I now understand the Korean unconsitutionality litigation system better thanks to Professor Ryu and Doctor Han.   Also I had the chance to introduce learn about how the  French abolished the deathly penalty and it’s its long history.

An internship is great ways to gain experience and make connections. It is incredibly valuable to one’s future. This winter, I’m participating in an internship in the Constitutional Court of Korea at the research institut. Instead of seeing what happens in the Courtroom, I am will be exposed to everything that happens before a trial, such as the research process. (by the way, I’ve attended once in the courtroom as one of my internship program tough--> A bit unclear, something like this might be better: For one of my internship programs I attended the courtroom proceedings, which was tough.) I know this internships, combined with the classes I’ve taken at university Paris 2 in Paris, are allowing me to develop a holistic view of the justice system, while also giving much more meaning to my major.