Kathleen C. Kim
Associate Professor of Law
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-1316
E-mail: Kathleen.Kim@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, University of Michigan, with High Distinction
JD, Stanford Law School
Before joining Loyola Law School, Kathleen Kim pioneered civil litigation on behalf of human trafficking survivors at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco. She launched and directed the Human Trafficking Project as a Skadden Fellow, the first of its kind to focus on the civil rights of trafficked individuals to receive monetary compensation for the abuse of forced labor. In 2005, Kathleen became the inaugural Immigrants' Rights Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School where she taught and supervised law students in the representation of indigent immigrants in deportation proceedings and other immigration matters. Kathleen co-directs the Anti-Trafficking Litigation Assistance and Support Team (ATLAST) and is a gubernatorial appointee to the California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery coordinated by the California Attorney General's office. She has published several works providing critical perspectives on the impact of United States' policies and practices on the rights of immigrants and human trafficking survivors. Kathleen received her J.D. from Stanford Law School where she was an associate editor of Stanford Law Review and a Judge M. Takasugi Public Interest Fellow.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member, California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery Task Force
Leadership Council Member, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Board Member, La Raza Centro Legal
Board Member, Aurora Las Encinas Hospital
"Psychological Coercion in the Context of Modern-Day Involuntary Labor: Revisiting U.S. v. Kozminski and Understanding Human Trafficking", 38 University of Toledo Law Review 941 (2007).
"Reconceptualizing Approaches to Human Trafficking: New Directions and Perspectives from the Field(s)", 3 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties __ (2007) (co-author).
"Human Trafficking Private Right of Action: Civil Rights for Trafficked Persons in the United States", 16 Hastings Women’s Law Journal 1 (2004) (co-author).
"Civil Litigation on Behalf of Victims of Human Trafficking", funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services, published by the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, available at (co-author).
Presenter, “Advancing Freedom: New Strategies in Addressing Human Trafficking,” 3rd Annual Freedom Network Conference, Miami, Florida (May 17, 2007)
Presenter, “Immigrants in the Workplace,” Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Immigration Symposium, Stanford, California (February 10, 2007)
Presenter, “Debating the US-Mexico Border: Multi-Dimensional Security Issues Challenge New Administrations,” Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California (November 18, 2006)
Guest Lecturer, “Womanhood: Globalization and Women’s Work,” Stanford University, Stanford, California (November 13, 2006)
Panelist, “Human Trafficking and Trafficking Civil Litigation,” National Legal Aid and Defender Association Annual Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina (November 10, 2006)
Presenter, “Revisiting U.S. v. Kozminski: Psychological Coercion in the Context of Forced Labor,” University of Toledo College of Law, Thirteenth Amendment Symposium, Toledo, Ohio (October 13, 2006)
Panelist, “Ending Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century,” University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California (2006)
Presenter, “Invisible Chains: Human Trafficking and Forced Labor in the United States,” University of San Francisco School of Law, Center for Law and Global Justice Symposium, San Francisco, CA (2006)
Guest Lecturer, “Human Rights and the Transnational Commodification of Women,” University of California at Berkeley, Rhetoric Department, Berkeley, CA (2006)
Expert Testimony, California State Senate Public Safety Committee, Sacramento, CA (2005)
Expert Testimony, State Assembly Public Safety Committee, Sacramento, CA (2005)
Panelist, “The Slavery of the 21st Century: The Global Trafficking of Women and Girls,” Stanford Law School, Shaking the Foundations: West Coast Conference on Progressive Lawyering, Stanford, CA (2005)
Panelist, “A Labor Perspective on How to Identify and Combat Human Trafficking,” 5th National Low-Income Immigrant Rights Conference, Washington D.C. (2005)
Panelist, “Human Trafficking in the Labor Context,” State Bar of California Annual Spring Summit, Pathways to Justice, San Francisco, CA (2005)
Panelist, “Making the Connections: New Partnerships and Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking,” 3rd Annual Freedom Network National Conference, Los Angeles, CA (2005)
Expert Testimony, State Assembly Select Committee on Human Trafficking, San Francisco, CA (2004)
Expert Testimony, “Providing Assistance to Victims of Trafficking in the United States: Successes and Shortcomings of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000,” Briefing to Congress of the United States, Washington D.C. (2004)
Presenter, “Global, National, and Local Perspectives for Prevention, Protection and Prosecution,” 2nd Annual National Victims of Trafficking Initiative, Trafficking in Persons Conference on Modern Day Slavery, Dallas, Texas (2004)
Presenter, “Well-Founded Fears: Gender Asylum and the Law,” University of California Hastings School of Law, Hastings Women's Law Journal's 15th Anniversary Symposium, San Francisco, CA (2004)
Panelist, “Exploring Intersections: Race, Culture and Leadership,” Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA (2004)
Panelist, “Two Year Review: Is the New Human Trafficking Law Working?” 2nd Annual Freedom Network National Conference, New York City, New York (2003)
Panelist, “Trafficking in Humans,” International Bar Association Conference, San Francisco, CA (2003)
Opening Plenary Panelist, Stanford Law School, Shaking the Foundations: West Coast Conference on Progressive Lawyering, Stanford, CA (2002)
Torts, Immigration Seminar