After graduating from Middlebury College with a B.A. in economics in 2012, Geesu spent three years in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, during which he also served as a UN Peacekeeper in Lebanon. Thereafter, Geesu pursued graduate studies at Princeton University (M.P.A.) and Columbia Law School (J.D.). At law school, Geesu collaborated with the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) as a clinic student for the TrialWatch initiative and became deeply interested in CFJ’s unique project, leading him to pursue a post-graduate legal fellowship at CFJ. During his fellowship, Geesu plans to conduct extensive fact-finding regarding human rights violations across the globe and hopes to contribute to CFJ’s advocacy work.
To learn more about Geesu, you can see this interview with him, in which he talks about what inspired him to pursue human rights law, and describes his journey from Columbia Law School to the Clooney Foundation for Justice.