The Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia Law School (CKLS) and the Ocean Policy Institute (OPI) at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) are carrying out a joint project aimed at the establishment of a public policy institute in the United States, to be known as the Institute for East Asian Ocean Law and Policy. Organized under CKLS, the Institute will bring together an international consortium of legal scholars, government representatives, members of civil society and public policy organizations, and renowned public figures from North America, Europe and Asia. The mission of the Institute is to advance current discourse on ocean conflicts in East Asia through the application of a contemporary international law and global governance approach to both long-standing and current issues that impact Korea and the East Asian ocean regime.
Annual Workshop
Each year the Center and KIOST co-host an annual workshop.
On October 18, 2019, the Center and KIOST held an all-day workshop entitled "Delimitation and Dispute Resolution of the Continental Shelf in the East China Sea." Panelists included Richard Barnes of the University of Hull in the U.K.; Vasco Becker-Weinberg of the Universidad NOVA de Lisboa; Ted McDormnan of the University of Victoria in British Columbia; and Clive Schofield of the World Maritime Institute in Malmö, Sweden. Additional participants included Center Director Jeong-Ho Roh '88; Center Research Fellow Adena Meriel; Ah Young Cho '19, Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School; Henri Féron '16 of the Center for International Policy; and Seokwoo Lee of Inha University in Seoul.
On October 12, 2018, the Center and KIOST held an all-day workshop entitled "The Northern Limit Line: Balancing Inter-Korean Interests in the West and East Seas." Panelists included Vasco Becker-Weinberg of the Universidad NOVA de Lisboa and Terence Roehrig of the U.S. Naval War College in addition to Center Director Jeong-Ho Roh '88, Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow Henri Féron '16, and Center Research Fellow Adena Meriel.