Lee So-young (lawyer)

Lee So-young
Lee So-young
	이소영
Member of the National Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2020
Preceded by	Shin Chang-hyun
Constituency	Gyeonggi Uiwang-Gwacheon
Personal details
Born	10 February 1985; Busan, South Korea
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Sungkyunkwan University (LLB); Seoul National University

Lee So-young (Korean: 이소영; Hanja: 李素永; born 10 February 1985) is a South Korean politician and lawyer representing Uiwang and Gwacheon cities at the National Assembly from 2020.

After passing the Bar exam in 2009 and completing her training at Judicial Research and Training Institute in 2012, she worked as a lawyer at Kim & Chang, arguably the best law firm in Seoul. She revealed that she decided to start her legal career at Kim & Chang due to its sizable department specialised in environment.[1]

After five years she quit the firm and founded an NGO dedicated to solving environmental issues. She coordinated "Coal finance" movement with civil societies in 2018[2] which resulted in some public funds divest from coal-related projects.[1] She took policy-advisory roles to the Moon Jae-in government participating in President's National Council on Climate Change and Air Quality, Prime Minister's National Green Growth Committee and Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's New and Renewable Energy Policy Council.[3]

She was recruited by the ruling party, Democratic Party of Korea, for the 2020 general election. She defeated two former mayors of Uiwang and Gwacheon in the election.[4]

Lee holds a bachelor's degree in law from Sungkyunkwan University and completed postgraduate programme on environment law at Seoul National University.[3]

Electoral history

Election	Year	District	Party Affiliation	Votes	Percentage of votes	Results
21st National Assembly General Election	2020	Gyeonggi Uiwang-Gwacheon	Democratic Party	58,938	43.38%	Won

References

"민주당, 김앤장 뛰쳐나와 환경운동 뛰어든 이소영 변호사 영입". 시사저널 (in Korean). 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
수정 2019.06.19 14:23, 입력 2019 06 19 12:44 (2019-06-19). ""석탄에 투자하는 은행엔 지자체 돈 453조원 맡기지 말라"". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-04-17.
"민주당 8호 영입인재는 85년생 환경전문 변호사 이소영". www.donga.com (in Korean). 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
"[과천·의왕] 35세 정치 신인 이소영, 전직 시장들 눌렀다". 오마이뉴스 (in Korean). 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

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[:0-1] "민주당, 김앤장 뛰쳐나와 환경운동 뛰어든 이소영 변호사 영입". 시사저널 (in Korean). 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[2] 수정 2019.06.19 14:23, 입력 2019 06 19 12:44 (2019-06-19). ""석탄에 투자하는 은행엔 지자체 돈 453조원 맡기지 말라"". 중앙일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[:1-3] "민주당 8호 영입인재는 85년생 환경전문 변호사 이소영". www.donga.com (in Korean). 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[4] "[과천·의왕] 35세 정치 신인 이소영, 전직 시장들 눌렀다". 오마이뉴스 (in Korean). 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-17.