Hyun Jung Lee

Dr. Hyun Jung Lee (Grace) co-teaches the seminar on the Leading Cases on Human Rights Law. Grace received her law degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, a Master Human Rights (M.A.), and a Ph.D. (Dr. jur.) from FAU. Her research has been published as a book with Springer in 2022 (Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation – Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court of Korea). Currently, her research focuses on comparative constitutional law, EU anti-discrimination law, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court of Korea.

s a representative attorney at law, she practiced law mainly as a litigation lawyer in criminal, civil, and human rights lawsuits until she joined the master program of Human Rights at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. She thus holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights. In her master’s thesis, she wrote on “European Court of Human Rights and Same-Sex Marriage: Proportionality or something else?” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Laura Clérico.

Since April 2018, she works as Research Associate at Law Faculty and teaches proseminars of ‚Problem of Constitutional Interpretation‘, ‘EU non-discrimination law,‘ ‚case laws of European Court of Human Rights‘ at the Law faculty of the FAU.

Oct 2016 ~ July 2021  Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany

Ph.d in Law/ Supervisor: Professor Dr. jur. Jan-Reinard Sieckmann (Date of oral exam: 14 July 2021)

Sep 2015 ~ Sep 2017  Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany

Master of Arts Human Rights/ Supervisor: Professor Dr. Laura Clérico

Mar 2010 ~ Feb 2013  Hakuk University of Foreign Studies Law School in Seoul, Korea

Master’s Degree in Law/ Member of International Law, Member of Human Rights Law

Qualified Korean lawyer (Registration number 17258, Korean Bar Association)