Prior to becoming Chief of Operations, Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Student Experience, Dean Kim served as the Dean of Students from January 2020 to June 2026. As Dean of Students, she managed the Office of Student Services & Advising and oversaw student-related programming, policies, and disciplinary proceedings. She also provided academic advising and crisis counseling and helped launch and manage planning for the Gates and Martinidez Scholars Program. Dean Kim previously served as the Director of Externships and Field Clinics, as well as Assistant Director in the Office of Career Success. Prior to her time at Cardozo, she was a faculty member at the University of Baltimore School of Law as a Visiting Assistant Professor, Clinical Teaching Fellow, and Adjunct Professor, where she taught in the Family Law Clinic and supervised students in their direct representation of clients on family law matters including divorce, custody, child support, adoption, and civil orders of protection. 
 

Dean Kim is a graduate of Brandeis University and earned her J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she was actively involved with the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Boston College Defenders.  She was the 2008 recipient of the Lewis S. Gurwitz Award for the “selfless commitment to defend those who lack the resources to defend themselves,” and the 2008 recipient of the Sister Thea Bowman Award for the “commitment to change.”