Hee Eun Lee

Hee Eun Lee is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Handong International Law School located in Korea (2002 to present). He is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Yearbook of International Law published by Brill.  He received his bachelor’s degree (A.B.) from Vassar College; master’s degree in international relations (M.A.) from Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; and law degrees from Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. with honors) and New York University School of Law (LL.M.).  Licensed to practice law in New York, he was involved in commercial litigation and maritime arbitration with Burlingham Underwood LLP in New York City. Professor Lee was a visiting fellow at the Center for Law and Religion at Emory Law School (2011) and has lectured in the Regent University School of Law Summer International Law and Human Rights Program in Strasbourg, France (2005 and 2013).  His representative publications include The Making of International Law in Korea: From Colony to Asian Power (co-authored, Brill, 2016), Northeast Asian Perspectives on International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (co-edited, Martinus Nihjoff Publishers, 2013), and Dokdo: Historical Appraisal and International Justice (co-edited, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011).