Rapporteur judge
A rapporteur judge or rapporteur-judge is a judicial official similar to a judicial assistant at a territory's highest court (especially at a constitutional court), usually functioning as rapporteur while having a status equivalent to lower ordinary court judges. == South Korea == === Overview === In South Korea, rapporteur judges (Korean: 헌법연구관; Hanja: 憲法硏究官; RR: heonbeob yeongugwan), formerly known as "constitutional research officers", or "constitutional rapporteur judges" are officials that support the nine justices of the Constitutional Court of Korea.