Raika is smiling behind a white wall. She is an Asian American woman with shoulder length black hair and wears a blue - gray shirt.

Rwehyang (Raika) Kim

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Law Student
She/her/hers
Fellow
2024

Raika Kim is a second-year law student at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where she is the president of the Disability Law Society. Born and raised in Japan, she moved to California at 13 and received her B.A. in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. During her senior year, Raika wrote a thesis on how California workers with disabilities negotiate their rights in the workplace, for which she won two national awards. Raika is dedicated to pursuing her legal career in the public interest field.

Interests
Disability, Civil Rights, Employment, law
Expertise
Civil Rights, Disability Rights, Legal