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Sathien Rungthongkhamkul

May 14, 2019

Mr.Rungthongkhamkul is currently a Judge of the Office of the President of the Supreme Court, supervising the Policy Coordination Division of the Office. For the past three years, he has been responsible for overseas tasks of the Supreme Court President including enhancing judicial cooperation with other countries and implementing policy of the Supreme Court President into actions. Policies implemented in the recent years include rendering justice under the rule of law, decriminalization of drug offence, uplifting standard of opinion writing, setting standard for case report and judgment review for the Regional Office of the Court, etc. Apart from his current position, he also served as a lecturer at Thammasat University on Business Laws and Regulations for Integrated Bachelor and Master Program, on “Emerging Problems in Business Law” for LL.B. Program, and on Business Organization for MBA Program. His judgeship experience allowed him to see practical difficulties in applying laws in the interest of justice. Mr.Rungthongkhamkul obtained his LL.M. from University of Southern California, USA and an LL.B. from Thammasat University, Thailand.