Roh, a self-trained lawyer who defended students accused of sedition during South Korea's period of military rule, won a surprise victory in 2002 and took office the following year with promises to fight corruption and strengthen South Korea's fledgling democracy.
I was accused of trying to indoctrinate students, defended students who were brought up on disciplinary charges by teachers when I felt the teachers had provoked the incident, and had my classes visited and lesson plans checked by administrators more frequently than was required under the contract.
Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, is quick to defend student sabbatical officers, but concedes that at times some officers will be looking for an easy ride.
A self-educated lawyer, Mr. Roh first made his mark by defending student and labor activists who opposed military dictators and their cronies in industry.
We will build the movement that the current NUS leadership is unwilling to build, and fight for an NUS that does all it can to defend student welfare and our education system from government attacks.
Mr. Roh spent the politically turbulent early 1980's defending student and labor activists against the military government and formally joined the democracy movement in 1987, winning a seat in Parliament from Pusan in 1988.
Unfortunately, my experience defending student rights on campuses nationwide shows that this isn't an isolated incident.
Attorney and former Central Michigan University professor Todd Levitt has a local reputation for rabidly defending student clients and fashioning himself in ongoing homage to Saul Goodman, the shady lawyer on "Breaking Bad".
Some schools say they can't defend students against card issuers seizing an attractive market.
We asked whether they seek to counter these lavish recruitment drives and defend students from the love blitz.
