약력
박주연 변호사는 2012년 한국 변호사로서 실무를 시작하였고, 2013년 카라 생명권네트워크변호인단의 일원으로 에쿠스비글견 사건 수사촉구 기자회견, 동물보호법 개정작업 등 주요 동물권 활동에 참여하였다. 2017년 동료 서국화 변호사와 함께 동물권연구변호사단체 PNR을 설립한 후 현재 PNR 구성원 변호사들과 함께 동물권 관련 입법 촉구 및 자문, 동물학대 사건 고발, 동물권 소송, 동물법 강의, 칼럼 기고 등 활동을 이어가며, 동물의 법적 지위 및 권리 신장을 목표로 노력 중이다. 논문으로는 반려동물 의료체계의 문제점 및 제도개선방안(환경법과 정책, 2017), 저서로는 동물보호법 강의(박영사, 2020)가 있다.
Joo Yeon Park has commenced practicing in law in 2012, and participated in several significant animal-rights activities such as urging for investigation and punishment of animal cruelty cases and for the amendment of the animal protection law in Korea. In 2017, she established a pro-bono group of lawyers supporting animal rights, ‘People for Non-human Rights (“PNR”)’ with her colleagues, and has since advocated animal rights and the improvement of legal status and welfare of non-human animals. Joo Yeon Park and the other PNR members deal in animal cruelty and protection legal cases, provide lectures and write books and columns regarding animal rights and laws.
Joo Yeon Park has commenced practicing in law in 2012, and participated in several significant animal-rights activities such as urging for investigation and punishment of animal cruelty cases and for the amendment of the animal protection law in Korea. In 2017, she established a pro-bono group of lawyers supporting animal rights, ‘People for Non-human Rights (“PNR”)’ with her colleagues, and has since advocated animal rights and the improvement of legal status and welfare of non-human animals. Joo Yeon Park and the other PNR members deal in animal cruelty and protection legal cases, provide lectures and write books and columns regarding animal rights and laws.