With the increasing trend of international marriages, the issue of wrongful removal of the child abroad by one parent following the dissolution of families has emerged as a pressing concern of the international community.The Hague Conference on Private International Law enacted the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the ‘Convention’) in 1980, and the Republic of Korea, which joined the Convention in 2012, also enacted and implemented the Act on the Implementation of the Hague Child Abduction Convention (the ‘Act’).The Ministry of Justice, designated as a central authority pursuant to the Act, requested the Korean Bar Association('KBA') to draw up a list of lawyers related to Child Abduction in order to provide legal aid such as legal representation, etc. at the request of an applicant or a foreign central authority.The following is a list of lawyers in Korea whose area of expertise in Family Law and who can assist in English for a legal proceeding.

The Annual Conference working sessions are complemented by a full social programme which provides the opportunity for delegates meet, establish and maintain business contacts and friendships with peers of the legal profession worldwide. Scholarships are awarded to young lawyers who wish to participate at the Annual Conference, but may find it financially difficult to do so. The 2018 Annual Conference Scholarships are nowOPEN.   Please click here to view the full list of scholarships     These scholarship opportunities are available to those who meet the following criteria: ● 'Young Lawyer’ is defined as any lawyer up to and including the age of 35 at the time of the conference. ● Applicants must either be: - a fully qualified lawyer who is licenced / registered to practice as a lawyer with the relevant professional regulatory body; or - undertaking the qualification process (education and/or vocational) to pass the bar (or the equivalent qualification in the relevant jurisdiction) to become fully qualified, providing they hold a temporary or permanent licence to practice as a trainee, or are undertaking a training scheme that is recognised by the professional regulatory body. ●IBA membership is not a requirement to submit application ●Employees of the IBA, officers of any IBA entity and relatives of the above are excluded from the competition. ●Previous winners of any LPD/SPPI Annual Conference Scholarships are also excluded from the competition. All other applicants from previous years may reapply. ●Each participant may submit one essay/application for one scholarship in a calendar year.   Select scholarships may have additional criteria.     The Annual Conference scholarship award includes the following: ● waived registration for the IBA Annual Conference; ● accommodation while attending the conference; ● contribution towards travel costs to attend the conference; ● two year free membership of the IBA, including membership of one committee within the awarding section of the Legal Practice Division, and one committee within the Section on Public and Professional Interest (SPPI); ● a waiver of either the following years' IBA Annual Conference registration fee or a waived registration fee to attend a speciality conference sponsored by any committee within the awarding LPD section