Kang Il-won explained

Kang Il-won
Native Name:	강일원
Native Name Lang:	ko
Alma Mater:	Seoul National University (LL.B.)
Office1:	Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea
Term Start1:	September 2012
Term End1:	September 2018
Office2:	Member of Venice Commission representing South Korea
Term Start2:	December 2015
Term End2:	February 2019
Predecessor2:	Park Han-chul
Successor2:	Lee Suk-tae

Kang Il-Won (Korean: 강일원; born 26 December 1959) is a former Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea. He graduated with degrees in law from Seoul National University (LL.B.) and the University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.). He was also a member of Venice Commission representing South Korea, from 2015.^[1]

Career

Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court, 1985
Judge, Jinju Branch of Masan District Court, 1989
Judge, Eastern Branch of Seoul District Court, 1991
Judge, Seoul Civil District Court, 1994
Judge, Seoul High Court, 1996
Judge, Seoul District Court, 1999
Research Judge, Supreme Court, 2001
Senior Judge, Western Branch of Seoul District Court, 2003
Senior Judge, Seoul Central District Court, 2005
Senior Judge, Daejeon High Court, 2006
Chief of Judicial Policy Office, National Court Administration, 2007
Chief of Planning and Coordination Office, National Court Administration, 2009
Senior Judge, Seoul High Court, 2011
Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea 2012
Chair, Joint Council on Constitutional Justice, Venice Commission (European Commission for Democracy through Law, since Apr. 2013)
Member of the Bureau, Venice Commission (since Dec. 2015; re-elected Dec. 2017)