Irene Chun is a J.D. candidate at Georgetown Law. Irene grew up in various parts of New York before attending Phillips Exeter Academy and fostering a love for research and publishing. Irene graduated from Georgetown University in 2021 (Phi Beta Kappa & the Donald S. Macdonald Prize in Korean Studies) with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Government & WGST) and Minors in Regional Asian Studies and Disability Studies. She then attended the University of Oxford as a MSc candidate in Sociology, specializing in Crime and Governance. There, her thesis concentrated on the criminalization, trust, and legal implications of private data use, while broadly researching the governance of cybercrimes and cyberbusinesses. At the University of Pennsylvania, she received a Masters of Science in Quantitative Criminology and was the recipient of the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies Fellowship as well as the Department of Criminology Merit Grant. At UPenn, her thesis focused on statistically analyzing countrywide effects on crime rates through the passing of progressive policies and initiatives at district attorney offices.

She has had experiences at both public and private institutions such PwC, the International Trade Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, specializing in crime, international business, regulations, and data analytics. As an IIEL Fellow she is interested in pursuing more policy and learning opportunities related to financial technology (fintech) and regulation, alongside international trade and globalization. She speaks fluent Korean, English, and French and she is basic in other languages like Japanese.