Rosel Kim is a Senior Staff Lawyer at LEAF. In her role, Rosel contributes to the development and management of LEAF’s cases and drafts LEAF’s law reform submissions. She recently acted as co-counsel for LEAF in Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform et al v. Canada (Attorney General), a case challenging the constitutionality of sex work provisions in the Criminal Code. Rosel led LEAF’s process to develop a position on sex work, a first for the organization, and co-wrote LEAF’s position paper on this topic.
Rosel currently leads LEAF’s Technology-Facilitated Violence Project, which explores equality-centred legal responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). She is regularly invited to speak on issues linked to technology and gender-based violence to government committees, members of the media, and the broader legal community.
Outside of LEAF, Rosel serves on the Board of Directors of the Korean Legal Clinic, which aims to improve access to justice for Korean Canadians by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate legal services, education, and resources.
Her writing about justice issues, race, and gender have been published in the Toronto Star, The Ex-Puritan, GUTS Magazine, among others.
Rosel was recently named the 2023 Young Lawyer of the Year by the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers.