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Kim D. Chanbonpin
Assistant Professor
The John Marshall Law School
315 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312.427.2737
Email: kchanbonpin@jmls.edu
Office: Room 920 (CBA Building)
Office Hours: Mon. & Weds. | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (Spring 2012)
BA, University of California, Berkeley
JD, cum laude, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
LLM, with distinction, Georgetown University Law Center
Scholarship | SSRN Publications | Presentations
Kim D. Chanbonpin joined the John Marshall faculty in 2008. Professor Chanbonpin received her bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley. She earned her J.D. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, graduating cum laude with a certificate in Asian-Pacific Legal Studies. After law school, she was a law clerk to the late Judge John S.W. Lim, Intermediate Court of Appeals in Honolulu. Professor Chanbonpin also earned an LLM, with distinction, and a Certificate in National Security Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. While in Washington, D.C., she was a Short-Term Consultant at the World Bank.
Professor Chanbonpin is a member of the State Bar of California, and has been involved in several pro bono publico cases litigating a variety legal issues, including post-conviction relief, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions, and police brutality claims.
Prior to coming to John Marshall, Professor Chanbonpin was a Westerfield Fellow at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. During her fellowship, she taught National Security Law & Civil Liberties, Legal Research & Writing, and Moot Court (Appellate Advocacy).
Professor Chanbonpin teaches Lawyering Skills, Criminal Law, Torts, and National Security Law. She also taught Introduction to the U.S. Legal System to LLM students in China's State Intellectual Property Office. Her scholarly writing considers redress and reparations law, policy, and social movements in the United States. In a 2011 article, she proposed the Inclusive Model for Social Healing, a new paradigm for understanding reparations projects. This model draws on anti-subordination and narrative principles rooted in LatCrit and Critical Race Theory scholarship.
She is a contributor to the SALT Law blog, and her recent articles have appeared in the Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy and the Mercer Law Review.
Scholarship
Legal Writing, the Remix: Plagiarism and Hip Hop Ethics, 63 Mercer L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2012)
"We Don't Want Dollars, Just Change": Narrative Counter-Terrorism Strategy, an Inclusive Model of Social Healing, and the Truth About Torture Commission, 6 Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy 1 (2011)
Ditching the Disposal Plan: Revisiting Miranda in an Age of Terror, 20 St. Thomas L. Rev. 155 (2008)
Presentations
Speaker: The John Marshall Law School Faculty Works-In-Progress Series, "Exact Change: Reparations Law, Policy, and Social Movements," The John Marshall Law School (April 2012)
Panelist: "APA Feminism, Reigniting Community: Strengthening the APA Identity," University of California, Irvine School of Law (March 2012)
Speaker: Dean's Colloquium Series, "Hip Hop Ethics," Southern Illinois University Collge of Law (March 2012)
Speaker: Scholars & Students Roundtable, "Plagiarism & Hip Hop Ethics," The John Marshall Law School (March 2012)
Commentator: International Law CLE Lunch & Learn Series, "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Collective Human Rights Paradigm: Current Developments in International Law and Beyond," The John Marshall Law School (March 2012)
Speaker: Hip Hop and the American Constitution Lecture Series, "Legal Writing, The Remix," Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law (March 2012)
Speaker: Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshops, "Curriculum: What Are We All Doing and How Are We Doing It?" Loyola Law School Los Angeles (December 2011)
Panelist: Virtual Legal Writing Conference Webinar, "Diversity in the Classroom," Stetson University College of Law (November 2011)
Speaker: Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty and Northeast People of Color Conference, "Exact Change: Reparations Law, Policy, and Social Movements," Hofstra Law School (November 2011)
Panelist: LatCrit XVI, "From Student Activist to Scholar Activist: The LatCrit Student Scholar Program, 2003–11" (October 2011)
Organizer/Panelist: SALT/LatCrit Faculty Development Workshop, "Overview of the Job Market Process" (October 2011)
Organizer/Panelist: SALT, Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference, "How to Break Into the Legal Academy" (September 2011)
Organizer/Moderator: Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, "The Future of Reparations Work: Legal Theory, Practice, and Social Movements" (July 2011)
Panelist: Legal Writing Institute One-Day Teaching Workshop, "Nuts & Bolts: Tips on Creating Appropriate Writing Assignments," The John Marshall Law School (December 2010)
Panelist: LatCrit XV, "Outsider's Theory Inside: The Next Generation," University of Denver Sturm College of Law (October 2010)
Organizer/Panelist: SALT/LatCrit Faculty Development Workshop, "Overview of the Job Market Process" (October 2010)
Panelist: 14th Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, "Don't Shoot the Messenger! How Professors and Practitioners Can Give Effective Critiques of Written Work That Disarm Yet Empower the Writers" (July 2010)
Moderator: The John Marshall Law Review Symposium: International Justice in the 21st Century, "The Impact of the International Criminal Court," The John Marshall Law School (April 2010)
Panelist: Legal Writing Institute One-Day Teaching Workshop, "Grading Papers and Handling Student Conferences: No, I Won't Change Your Grade," The John Marshall Law School (December 2009)
Speaker: The John Marshall Law School Faculty Works-In-Progress Series, "Redress for Victims of U.S. Torture," The John Marshall Law School (November 2009)
