Her scholarship examines the Thirteenth Amendment and its relationship to immigration, workplace rights, and civil rights through the intersectional lens of race and gender. Her articles have appeared in the UCLA Law Review, Iowa Law Review, and University of Chicago Law Forum, among others. She is co-author of Human Trafficking Law & Policy, the leading casebook on human trafficking in the country. Professor Kim is also faculty advisor to the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic (LIJC) which she helped to co-found with her students. LIJC has become the primary pro bono immigration service provider for indigent noncitizens residing on the Eastside of Los Angeles. Before joining the Loyola faculty in 2007, Kim was awarded a Skadden Fellowship in 2002 to launch the first legal services project in the nation dedicated to representing the civil rights of trafficked workers at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She co-authored Civil Litigation on Behalf of Victims of Human Trafficking, the principal technical assistance guide for attorneys representing trafficked plaintiffs in civil litigation. In 2005, she became the inaugural Immigrants’ Rights Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School where she taught and supervised law students in cases involving deportation defense and humanitarian immigration relief. A co-author of California’s anti-trafficking law, Kim served as a gubernatorial appointee to the first California Department of Justice Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery. From 2013-2016, Professor Kim was a Los Angeles Police Commissioner where she helped to reform departmental policies and practices to expand protections for immigrants and also worked on policies to restrict officer use of force. In 2014, Los Angeles Magazine named her one of Los Angeles’ ten most inspiring women. In 2016, The National Jurist selected her as one of twenty law professor “Leaders in Diversity.” Professor Kim serves on the Advisory Board of Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking. She continues to provide technical assistance and expert testimony on human trafficking cases and policy guidance to governmental and non-governmental groups. Professor Kim received her JD from Stanford Law School in 2002 where she was a Judge Takasugi Public Interest Fellow and an editor for the Stanford Law Review. She received her BA in Philosophy with highest honors from the University of Michigan in 1998.