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Esther Sungeun Yoo

Esther Sungeun Yoo

University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Maine
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Expertise
Immigration Law
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Maine
Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar
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9th Circuit
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U.S. District Court, District of Maine
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
- Current
Director of Refugee & Immigration Law Clinic, 2024–Present; Interim Director of Refugee & Immigration Law Clinic, 2022–2024; Visiting Assistant Faculty Specialist, 2022–2024; Lecturer in Law, 2022.
Senior Staff Attorney
The Legal Clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Director of Academic Success
University of Maine School of Law
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Adjunct Professor, 2015
Litigation Associate
Berman Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, Maine
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Litigation Associate
Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland, Maine
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Law Clerk to the Honorable Dolly M. Gee
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, California
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Litigation Associate
OMelveny & Myers LLP, Century City, California
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Summer Associate, Summer 2012
Education
UCLA School of Law
J.D. (2013)
Honors: Order of the Coif; Sidley Austin Public Interest Law Fellowship; Equal Justice America Fellowship.
Activities: UCLA Law Review, Senior Editor; David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy; First-Year Lawyering Skills, Writing Advisor; UCLA Law Fellows Program, Academy Scholar.
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Harvard University
A.B. (2003) | Social Studies
Honors: cum laude
Activities: John Harvard Scholarship for academic distinction; Radcliffe Fellowship for research on the Korean diaspora in China; Harvard College Research Program Grant for thesis research.
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Professional Associations
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Secretary of Hawai‘i Chapter
- Current
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State Bar of Maine
Member
- Current
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State Bar of California
Member (Inactive)
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Social Media
Contact & Map
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law
2515 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
US
Telephone: (808) 956-4092
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