Sarah Klim

Sarah Klim serves as Assistant Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law, teaching Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II, and Advanced Writing Group courses.

Her academic background includes:

• B.A. in Creative Writing (magna cum laude) with Certification to Teach English as a Foreign Language from Florida State University
• J.D. with Transactional Practice concentration from Boston University School of Law (2L Editor of Review of Banking & Financial Law; Homer Albers Prize Moot Court competitor)
• LL.M. in International & European Business Law from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE), where she earned the Award for Excellence for highest GPA in the 2021-2022 program

Professor Klim's research centers on international business law frameworks, cross-jurisdictional comparative analysis, and evolving data privacy regulations. Her work examines regulatory harmonization challenges in global commerce and digital governance, informed by multilingual fluency in English, Japanese, and Spanish. Prior industry experience representing Fortune 500 companies in complex litigation provides practical grounding for her scholarly focus on transactional law intersections with privacy regimes.

Her recognized achievement includes:

• Award for Excellence from Comillas Pontifical University (2021-2022)

Professional experience spans clerkship at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, commercial litigation of high-stakes business disputes at a major Miami law firm, and international English instruction in Istanbul and Tokyo. She actively contributes to legal education through specialized writing instruction while advancing scholarship in transnational regulatory spaces. Current work explores GDPR-CCPA convergence and jurisdictional conflicts in multinational data governance.