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“Sharing and compassion toward others” is a key philosophy of Yoon & Yang LLC. This philosophy has existed since the firm’s establishment, and the firm supports various activities of its members as a way to put this philosophy into practice.

Firm members actively engage in charitable activities, including the provision of financial support and pro bono legal services for the underprivileged and disadvantaged and also actively participate in various community services and volunteer activities. The firm maintains an internal community service committee for the purpose of systematically supporting our members’ activities.

At the outset of the firm’s establishment, a group of firm attorneys and employees formed an organization called “NASA,” an in-house community that routinely performs community service through monthly visits to facilities for the disabled every month, participating in activities such as food market events in the Gangnam District and donating to those who are less fortunate.

Yoon & Yang LLC will continue to strive to fulfill its social responsibility as a professional law firm.

Legal Activities
- Activities of the Hansen’s Disease Sufferers Human Rights Attorney Group
  The Hansen’s Disease Sufferers Human Rights Attorney Group, headed by Attorney Young-Lip Park from Yoon & Yang LLC, filed a suit for damages against the Japanese government on behalf of Korean sufferers of Hansen’s disease (i.e., leprosy). As a result, compensation for 426 out of a total of 460 claimants has been obtained. In addition, the group engaged in a campaign to obtain 500,000 signatures with respect to a suit for damages regarding citizens afflicted with leprosy at Sorok Island.
- Activities as Directors and Commissioners of Public Organizations
  Yoon & Yang LLC’s members provide pro bono legal counseling to the underprivileged and also work as directors and commissioners for public organizations, including the Korean Bar Association and the Press Arbitration Commission. They also offer their time as court arbitrators and bankruptcy administrators in this capacity.
- Pro Bono Legal Services for Civil Institutions
  Yoon & Yang LLC provides pro bono legal services and support to institutions such as the Hope Institute, which supports the welfare of underprivileged children. In connection with the Hope Institute, the firm’s volunteer group provides legal assistance with the purpose of improving the legal system for the less fortunate and/or donates KRW 10,000 to the institution on a monthly basis. In addition, with respect to “Attorneys for the Support of Underprivileged Children,” a group jointly organized by the Seoul Bar Association and the Dong-A News Daily and sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Yoon & Yang LLC not only provides financial assistance to the group in supporting some of the most underprivileged children in the country, but also provides moral support through one-to-one mentoring of children from low-income families.
Community Services and Donations
- Activities of NASA
  
  NASA, an in-house community of Yoon & Yang LLC members, provides monthly community services for the physically handicapped at the House of Peace, a welfare facility in Incheon City, and offers food to the less fortunate on a quarterly basis by planning food market events with the Gangnam District Office. In addition, since the community was formed in 2004, NASA has engaged in a full range of community services at various welfare facilities, including the House of Shalom (for the physically handicapped), the House of Living Together (for patients with myopathy) and the House of Hope (for severely disabled children).
- Donation of Proceeds from Bazaar Event
  
  In 2008, Yoon & Yang LLC hosted a bazaar with items donated by its members and donated the proceeds from the event to Nargis in Myanmar.
- Raising Contributions and Providing Donations to Help the Underprivileged
  
  Yoon & Yang LLC raises contributions to help the underprivileged at the end of every year and donates such contributions to about ten welfare facilities, including the House of Peace (for the physically handicapped), the House of Shalom (for the physically handicapped), the House of Living Together (for patients with myopathy) the House of Hope (for severely disabled children), the Gemma Home (for children from dysfunctional families) and the House of Grains (for patients with Alzheimer's disease).
- Scholarship Support for Underpriviledged Children
  
  Members of Yoon & Yang LLC participates in the organization “Attorneys that Support Underprivileged Children,” which was jointly organized by the Dong-A Ilbo Newspaper and the Seoul Bar Association, through the provision of monthly scholarships for children from low-income families.
- Support and Assistance for Public Organizations
  
  Yoon & Yang LLC has continuously supported various public organizations through the legal aid business fund for the Legal Aid Foundation of the Korean Bar Association (in 2007) and donations to help the non-profit attorneys’ group “Empathy” launch its homepage (in 2007 and 2008).