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About Young Ran (Christine) Kim

Young Ran (Christine) Kim is a Professor of Law. She previously was an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law where she taught Federal Income Tax, Taxation of Business Entities and an International Tax Seminar.
 
Kim’s research centers on international tax, business tax and taxation in the digital economy. Her paper with Darien Shanske, "Taxing Digital Platforms," is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review in 2023. Her work has been published in the UCLA Law Review, UC Irvine Law Review, Alabama Law Review, UC Davis Law Review, Harvard International Law Journal and Virginia Tax Review, among others. Her paper “Blockchain Initiatives for Tax Administration” is forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review.
 
Kim is actively involved in the Teaching Tax Committee and the American Bar Association Tax Section and has been on the Steering Committee for the Junior Tax Scholars’ Workshop. She has been a Guest Blogger for TaxProf Blog’s Weekly SSRN Tax Article Review and Roundup, and has been quoted numerous times in Law360 and Bloomberg Law.
 
She received an LL.B. summa cum laude from Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. She has a J.S.D. in tax law from NYU School of Law, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where she was awarded the Landon H. Gammon Fellowship for academic excellence. Kim is a member of the Korean Bar and the New York Bar and has worked at Yulchon, Caplin & Drysdale and Sullivan & Cromwell. She also worked in Seoul as a law clerk at Seoul Central District Court and as Deputy Prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office.

Positions

Present Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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July 2017 - June 2022 Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
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April 2017 - June 2017 Foreign Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
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May 2015 - July 2015 Summer Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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June 2014 - August 2014 Foreign Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
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September 2012 - July 2013 Foreign Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
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February 2007 - January 2013 Tax Associate, Yulchon LLC
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2010 Up and Coming Capital Markets Lawyer (Chambers Asia), Yulchon LLC
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2008 Up and Coming Capital Markets Lawyer (Chambers Global), Yulchon LLC
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March 2006 - April 2006 Deputy Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office
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May 2006 - June 2006 Law Clerk, Seoul Central District Court
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Disciplines

Law

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2021 - Present Teaching Tax Committee, American Bar Association Tax Section
2018 - Present Guest Blogger, Weekly SSRN Tax Article Review and Roundup, TaxProf Blog
2021 - 2022 Hiring Committee, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2020 - 2022 Co-advisor, Minority Law Caucus, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2020 - 2022 Programs Committee, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2019 - 2022 Dean’s Diversity Council, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2020 - 2021 Coach, ABA Law Student Tax Challenge, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2020 - 2021 Adjunct Faculty Appointment Committee, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2018 - 2021 Steering Committee, Junior Tax Scholars’ Workshop
2017 - 2020 Career-Line & Adjunct Faculty Reviews Committee, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
2017 - 2019 Adjunct Faculty Appointment Committee, University of Utah, SJ Quinney College of Law
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Honors and Awards

  • 2018 University Research Committee (URC) Faculty Research & Creative Grant Recipient
  • 2020 College of Law Early Career Faculty Award
  • 2021 College of Law Early Career Faculty Award (for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service by a junior member of the law faculty)

Education

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2018 JSD in Tax Law, New York University School of Law
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2012 LL.M., Harvard Law School
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2007 Certificate of Completion, Judicial Research and Training Institute (“JRTI”)
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2005 Candidate for Master of Law in Tax, Coursework Completed, Seoul National University, Department of Law, Graduate School (Master Course)
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2002 LL.B., Seoul National University, College of Law
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Contact Information

Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10003
United States

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Articles & Essays (15)

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