Profile
| 1956-1959 | Graduated from Kyunggi High School |
| 1959-1963 | LL.B., Seoul National University Law School (Korea) |
| 1962.10.27 | Passed the 14th National Higher Civil Service Examination |
| 1963.02.25 | Passed the 16th National Judicial Service Examination |
| 1964.09.02 | Completed full course of the Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University |
| 1966.08.30 | Obtained LL.M. degree from Seoul National University |
| 1968.05.27 | LL.M., Tulane Law School as Fulbright Fellow (U.S.A.) |
| 1969.07 | Diploma in Comparative Legal Studies, Cambridge University (U.K.) |
| 1970.12 | J.S.D., Cornell Law School (U.S.A.) |
| 1974.09-1975.08 | Visiting Humboldt Scholar to Hamburg University Law Faculty (Germany) |
| 1978.08-1979.08 | Visiting Scholar to Harvard Law School as American Council of Learned Society Fellow (U.S.A.) |
| 1978.07 | Certificate, The Hague Academy of International Law (Summer) |
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
| 1964.09- | Called to the Korean Bar |
| 1964-1967 | Judge Advocate (Korean Army Captain) |
| 1966.09-1967.02 | Lecturer of Law, Cheongju University |
| 1970.06-1971.11 | Foreign Attorney, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens (New York) |
| 1972.09-2007.02 | Professor of Law, Seoul National University, Korea |
| 1980.06-1981.04 | Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Seoul National University Law School |
| 1993.10-1995.10 | Member, Development Fund-raising Committee for Seoul National University |
| 1996.06-1998.06 | Dean, Seoul National University Law School |
| 2000.04-2001.11 | Advisor to the Cognitive Science Institute of the College of Humanities, Seoul National University |
| 2000.04-2003.05 | Manager, The SNU Education and Research Group for Korean Law in the World in 21st Century |
| 2007.03.01- | Professor of Law emeritus, Seoul National University |
DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS
| 1994.01.08 | The Most Distinguished Alumni Medal (Cornell University) |
| 1997.05.01 | National Decoration of the Second Highest Order (Moran) (Korean Government) |
| 1998.08.10 | The Legal Culture Award (The Korean Federal Bar Association) |
| 2002.10.15 | Recognition of Distinguished Service (Seoul National University) |
| 2003.01.13 | The Most Distinguished Alumnus Award (Kyunggi High School) |
| 2006.05.16 | The Most Distinguished Alumnus Award (Seoul National University Law School Alumni Assn.) |
| 2007.02.28 | Recognition of Meritorious Service in Education (Minister of Education) |
| 2007.02.28 | One of the Most Influential 33 Leaders in Korea in the 21st Century (chosen by the Munhwa ILbo Daily Newspaper) |
| 2007.10.25 | The Most Distinguished Cornell Alumnus Award (Cornell Alumni Assn in Korea) |
| 2008.03.21 | The Most Distinguished Alumnus in Glory (Seoul National University Alumni Assn) |
| 2009.10.22 | The Moot Court of Seoul National University Law School dedicated to Professor Song, President of the International Criminal Court) |
| 2009.10.23 | The Youngsan Legal Cultural Award (The Youngsan Legal Cultural Foundation) |
| 2011.12.09 | National Decoration of the Highest Order (Mugunghwa) (Korean Government) |
| 2012.05.30 | Rule of Law Award by International Bar Association (IBA) |
| 2012.11.30 | The Most Distinguished Alumnus Award (Fulblight Alumni Association in Korea) |
| 2014.05.14 | Person of Peace Award by the Kyunggi Hgh School 55th Class |
| 2015.03.11 | Ridder Groot Kruis Orde (knight grand cross order) from the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 2015.11.24 | Yulgok Legal Culture Award |
| 2016.03.18 | The Youngsan Diplomat of the Year 2015 (The Seoul Forum for International Affairs) |
| 2018.03.07 | The Korean Arbitrators’ Award (The Korean Arbitrators Association, Inc.) |
| 2018.11.12 | The Most Distinguished Alumni Medal (Seoul National University) |