Faculty Profiles : David Lee Mundy
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Professor of Law
Member of the Tennessee Bar

Biography

Professor Mundy has served as the Director of Legal Writing for Handong International Law School since 2007. In addition to directing the legal skills program, he teaches and publishes on global migration law.

 

Professor Mundy is the co-sponsor of the Law and Development program, an outreach program that pairs students and universities from developing and developed countries to increase capacity, particularly in the areas of law and business. Professor Mundy also serves as the chairman of the board for Women's Hope Center, a local pregnancy resource and counseling center that supports childbirth, single mothers, and victims of trafficking.

 

Prior to joining the faculty at Handong, Professor Mundy clerked for the Honorable Richard B. Abell in Washington, D.C. That legal clerkship was preceded by a position as director of government relations and communications for Jubilee Campaign, an international organization with a focus on religious liberty. Professor Mundy also worked in the area of asylum and refugee law at Just Law International in Fairfax, Virginia.

 

Professor Mundy holds an M.A. in Public Policy as well as a J.D. from Regent University. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and before the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.

 

Books:

     - Introduction to U.S. Legal Skills for International Law Students, January 2019

     - Introduction to Legal Drafting for International Law Students, July 2018

     - Right to Farm: The Homestead and Small Farm Legal Guide, March 2017

     - Human Rights Resource Guide (Republic of Korea), Common Good Media, 2014 (co-author)

 

Papers: 

     - Two Bites at a Rotten Apple: Reapplying for Asylum in the Republic of Korea, 2024 July, Korea Legislative Research Institute

     - Structural Preparedness for Mass Migration to the Republic of Korea: Five Years After the Yemeni Refugee Crisis (제주 난민 사태), 2023 Nov, Korea Legislative Research Institute

     - Impact of Korean Chinese Immigration to the Republic of Korea under the Overseas Koreans Act, 2023 Oct, 원광대학교 한중관계연구원

     - International Obligations Undertaken by the Republic of Korea with Regards to Mass Migration Events, 2021 Oct, 경북대학교 법학연구원 

     - Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by Children Adopted Under the Civil Act in the Republic of Korea, KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2020.

     - Yes Graduation Licensure, No Korean Bar Examination?, Konkuk University Law Journal, Fall 2008

     - The Disaggregation of Sex and Gender, Regent University Law Review, Spring 2002