My name is Jachin Anrig, and I am rising 2L at Regent University of Law School.
My time at Handong International Law School in Korea was a great experience. During my time at the school, I made friends with both law students and professors who were extremely hospitable, taking us out to eat and showing us the cultural history of the Republic of Korea. Two of the law students, Han Ju and Kun Dong, took us to traditional Korean restaurants and guided us on a trip to Busan to see more of Korea. Professor Won took us to one of the most famous Buddhist Temples in Korea and the center for Confucianism, as he explained the history of Korean religion from over a thousand years ago to the present, where Christianity has become a major religious force within the country.
Our work for the second half of the internship consisted of writing several papers for different professors. One of our papers concerned the emergence of Environmental Social Governance (ESG), which is being headed by the UN and World Economic Forum. ESG is becoming extremely popular in the investment world as the catalyst for changing business priorities from profits to working for the common good, aligning business priorities with those of the government. The idea is that corporations operating for the common good will be better for society, our paper looked at the promises of ESG and compared them to their exorbitant cost and dismal results.
Our second paper regarded the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. Many countries across the world, including Korea, have legalized abortion as a fundamental constitutional and human right in step with the US decisions. In the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade there is a narrative being pushed globally that the ruling was arbitrary and totalitarian. Our paper explained the rationale for the decision by the Supreme Court, showing that the ruling was actually the opposite of what it was perceived to be. The Court instead overturned a decision that was arbitrary and totalitarian in nature and re-established governance in accordance with the founding principles of the republic.
Overall, the experience of working in another country with Christian professors was a blessing. I am very grateful for the opportunity to travel and experience international and human rights law with a faculty devoted to God and justice.
This post was written by a Center for Global Justice Student Staff member/Law Clerk. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect those of Regent University, Regent Law School, or the Center for Global Justice.