Ilhyung Lee     이일형

Ilhyung Lee
  • International commercial arbitration
  • Culture and dispute resolution
  • Comparative constitutional law
  • Law and society in East Asia (Korea focus)
  • Public international law
  • Sports law
  • Intellectual Property
Edward W. Hinton Professor of Law
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution

JD, Boston College Law School
MA, Washington College
BA, University of Maryland

  • Phone Number: (573) 882-2426
  • Room Number: 311 Hulston Hall
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Professor Ilhyung Lee’s research and teaching interests relate to the international and comparative setting, and the dispute resolution process. His scholarship addresses: the arbitration method and arbitrator ethics in international commercial disputes; comparative approaches to individual rights; the intersection of law, society, and culture in Korea; the impact of culture on the dispute resolution process; and dispute resolution in sports. Professor Lee teaches Comparative Constitutional Law, Cross-cultural Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Arbitration, Public International Law, Intellectual Property, and Sports Law.

Professor Lee has taught at Waseda University Faculty of Law, in Tokyo, Japan as a Fulbright Scholar, and also at the Tokyo University of Science, Master of Intellectual Property Program. He teaches the cross-cultural dispute resolution subject as adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, and Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

A Senior Fellow at the Law School’s Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, Professor Lee is included in the roster of neutrals for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, USA Track & Field, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the University of Missouri Campus Mediation Service, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, among others. He is also a member of the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports Lawyers Association.

Professor Lee’s private practice experience includes positions at Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York) and Kim & Chang (Seoul, Korea). Previously, he was law clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Weis, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As a law student, he was an articles editor on the law review, and graduated with Order of the Coif honors.

Recent Publications

Academic Journals

Essay: Legislating the Appearance of Equality in Korea: The Law and Politics of We-hwa-gahm, 28 PENNSYLVANIA STATE INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 581 (2010).
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Korean Perception(s) of Equality and Equal Protection, 31 BOSTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW 53 (2008).
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Practice and Predicament: The Nationality of the International Arbitrator (With Survey Results), 31 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 603 (2008).
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The Law and Culture of the Apology in Korean Dispute Settlement (with Japan and the U.S. in Mind), 27 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1 (2005).
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Professional Journals

Introducing International Commercial Arbitration and Its Lawlessness, by Way of the Dissenting Opinion, 4 no.1 CONTEMPORARY ASIA ARBITRATION JOURNAL 19 (2011).
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Working Papers

Commonwealth Coatings as the International Standard in Arbitrator Disclosures?,

Korean Culture in the U.S. Judiciary,

The Tie-breaker in Sports and Law,

The "Bad Faith" Element in UDRP Disputes: The Korea Cases,