Legal Talents Research Articles

Study on Curriculum Construction of Law Major in Colleges and Universities Under the Background of New Liberal Arts

With the development of the new liberal arts construction, more attention has been paid to the education of legal talents in undergraduate colleges, which also puts forward deeper requirements for the curriculum construction of colleges and universities. Law curriculum as the focus of liberal arts education reform, it needs teachers to comprehensively deepen the reform of teaching, make full use of all kinds of technical resources to enrich the content of teaching, improve the quality of legal education, and cultivate students’ comprehensive quality. Based on this, the article deeply analyzes the ideas of college law curriculum construction under the background of new liberal arts, fully explains the connotation of liberal arts construction, on this basis, puts forward the principles of curriculum construction, explores the existing problems of college law curriculum construction under the background of new liberal arts, and on this basis, puts forward the path of college law curriculum construction under the background of new liberal arts for reference.

Research on Foreign-Related Commercial Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the Belt and Road Initiative

This paper examines the current mechanisms and challenges in resolving foreign-related commercial disputes under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It begins with an overview of the existing dispute resolution mechanisms, including the China International Commercial Court (CICC) and the "One-Stop" platform, highlighting their roles and limitations. The study then explores the differences between domestic and international mediation enforcement systems, the obstacles faced by foreign arbitration institutions entering the Chinese market, and the jurisdictional and functional limitations of the CICC. Drawing lessons from the WTO and the Singapore Convention on Mediation, the paper proposes several improvements: establishing a national-level BRI International Commercial Mediation Center, developing a comprehensive online dispute resolution platform, and enhancing the training and integration of foreign-related legal talents. By implementing these recommendations, the BRI dispute resolution mechanism can become more effective, fair, and internationally credible, thus supporting the smooth progression of the BRI.

Exploring the cultivation mechanism of foreign-related legal talents in the context of Belt and Road

Exploring the cultivation mechanism of foreign-related legal talents in the context of Belt and Road

Legal Liaison

The Legal Liaison system is an innovative web-based application designed to transform the landscape of legal practice and management. By incorporating essential functionalities for various stakeholders including clients, advocates, law students, junior advocates, and administrative staff, this system significantly enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of legal services. This application facilitates easy interaction and management for users by providing a centralized platform for all legal activities. It supports client engagement, advocate-client communication, case management, and administrative oversight, ensuring a streamlined workflow for legal professionals. Additionally, it promotes the professional development of emerging legal talents through structured mentorship and resource sharing. By leveraging modern technology, the Legal Liaison system aims to simplify complex legal processes, foster better collaboration, and improve resource utilization, ultimately providing a more accessible and efficient legal service environment. This holistic approach ensures that all participants in the legal ecosystem can benefit from enhanced coordination and optimized legal practices The front end of the Legal Liaison system is built using React.js, ensuring a responsive and interactive user experience. The backend employs Express.js and Node.js to create a robust and scalable server-side environment. MongoDB acts as the database, offering flexible and scalable data storage. Combined, these technologies form a seamless and efficient platform for contemporary legal practice

The Application of the Original Teaching Method of Bilingual Course Cases in the Perspective of Cultivating Foreigner Legal Talents

Since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen the training of foreign-related legal talents. In this context, the importance of bilingual legal courses has become more prominent. To effectively improve teaching effectiveness, the case based original text teaching method should be introduced. The original case texts include international law case texts and country law case texts from important countries or regions such as the United States and the European Union; When teaching, the method of intensive reading should be adopted, under the careful organization of the teacher ,which is to achieve a one-stop acquisition of legal professional knowledge and language skills through three processes: preview in advance, intensive classroom teaching, and reinforcement after class. This teaching method integrates the acquisition of substantive law knowledge, procedural law knowledge, and other disciplinary background knowledge.

Polyjuralism Meets Polyglotism: An LL.B. in Chinese Law and Global Legal Studies in the English Language

AbstractThe omnipresence of change has been singled out as posing an important challenge to law, both in theory and in practice, throughout its history. Arguably, the most efficient method of adapting the law to constant changes is legal education. Recent changes in the global arena have added to the complexity of the expected role of future legal talents, requiring them to acquire not only a profound knowledge of local and global laws but also a variety of legal as well as non-legal skills. This article presents some of the principal challenges faced by law schools and legal education in the world of today. These challenges are then explored using the example of a new Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree programme in Chinese Law and Global Legal Studies in the English Language that will be offered by the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau in Macao, China.

Theoretical Evaluation and Application of Case Law Teaching in General Principles of Commercial Law

The General Principles of Commercial Law is a general summary and abstraction of the normative system of commercial law, which is of great guiding significance for the rules of adjudication of disputes in commercial practice in reality, and the lack of general commercial law norms makes the research and teaching of the General Theory of Commercial Law particularly important. The study of general commercial law is undoubtedly of more fundamental significance than the study of specific areas of commercial law. With the development of social economy, commercial law embodies more and more technical and practical, and the cultivation of commercial legal talents is more and more oriented to the employment demand, case study teaching has advantages in the teaching of general commercial law and should be emphasized. In the case teaching of general commercial law, the irrevocability of securities trading results can clearly reflect the style of commercial law to protect the security of transactions. The proportion and priority of case teaching in the teaching of general commercial law should be emphasized.

A Study the Criminal Law Teaching Approach to Promote "Three Recognitions" through "Three Qualities"

The cultivation of professional knowledge and skills, as well as the effective education of people, are not only the functions of criminal law teaching but also its significant responsibilities. During the teaching process, the basic needs of the first level, encompassing knowledge, methods, emotional input, and output, and the second level, involving ethics education's progression from point-to-point to face-to-face interactions, have already been established. Nevertheless, the relationship between criminal law teaching and the cultivation of legal talents has been selectively overlooked, leading to a lack of a visible holistic perspective, consciousness perspective, and overall perspective in criminal law teaching. This has hindered the first two levels from fully realizing their potential effectiveness. Under the overarching concept of promoting "three recognitions" through "three qualities," an effective connection is established among the academic, regularity, practical aspects，course recognition, identity recognition, and professional recognition, facilitating the transformation and metamorphosis from the first level of basic teaching needs and the second level of actual expansion to the third level of aggregation. Specifically, the promotion of students' course recognition is achieved through regularity, their identity recognition through academic quality, and the construction and development of their professional recognition through practicality. The realization of "three recognitions" aims to continuously achieve the completeness and effectiveness of the cultivation of legal talents.

Exploration of Legal Professional Education and the Cultivation Model of Legal Talents

The importance of legal professional education and the cultivation of legal talents, as well as the practical models in different countries, are analyzed in this paper. The unique aspects of legal education in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, such as case-based teaching in the United States, legal ethics cultivation in the United Kingdom, and the integration of theory and practice in Germany, provide insights for the international perspective of legal education. Meanwhile, the future trends of legal professional education and the cultivation model of legal talents are discussed, emphasizing the criticality of practical teaching, interdisciplinary integration, international development, and the cultivation of the spirit of the rule of law. These aspects are considered important factors in shaping the future of legal education. In addition, a thorough analysis of the current problems in legal professional education is conducted, and countermeasures to strengthen legal professional education and the cultivation of legal talents are proposed, aiming to optimize curriculum design, enhance the construction of teaching staff, and improve the practical teaching system, thereby enhancing the level of legal professional education and the quality of legal talent cultivation. Future research directions for legal professional education and the cultivation model of legal talents are also explored, indicating the need for further research into the underlying reasons and mechanisms, as well as active exploration of cooperation models with other countries and regions, to adapt to the needs of social development and the construction of the rule of law.

Executives' Legal Expertise and Corporate Innovation

ABSTRACTResearch QuestionThis study investigates whether and how executives with legal expertise impact corporate innovation.Research FindingsUsing a sample of listed firms in China, we have the following findings: (1) Firms that hire executives with legal expertise are associated with more corporate innovation. (2) These firms talk about potential legal risks and legal advisors more often in their annual reports and have lower chances of being sued in patent litigations. (3) The innovation‐promoting effect is stronger when the firms are state‐owned enterprises, have more overseas revenue, operate in high‐tech industries, have prior patent litigation experience, and are in strong legal environments.Theoretical/Academic ImplicationsThe findings indicate that executives with legal expertise bring more attention to legal risks and help the firm to shape a stable environment, which can effectively promote innovation activities. Also, the innovation‐promoting effect of lawyer executives complements the role of in‐house legal counsels and the external legal environment. This paper adds to the literature on the value of executives with legal background.Practitioner/Policy ImplicationsOur results emphasize the important role played by executives with legal expertise in corporate innovation. Given the continuing shortage of legal talents and the gradual improvement of the legal system in China, firms need to employ more legal talents to avoid potential legal risks and maintain sustainable growth.

Research on the Construction of Online and Offline Mixed Gold Courses for Law Majors based on the Excellent Rule of Law Talents Education and Training Plan 2.0

Under the background of the new era, the Ministry of Education puts forward the requirement of eliminating "water course" and creating "golden course", which provides a new idea for the current curriculum reform. Since the implementation of the education and training plan for outstanding legal talents 2.0, it has been widely recognized and responded. In order to actively carry out the curriculum reform in colleges and universities and improve the teaching quality, law courses in various colleges and universities have also begun to actively explore the construction of online and offline mixed "golden courses". In the process of exploration and construction, there are still some common problems and challenges such as imperfect curriculum design, insufficient teachers' information literacy, and uncoordinated online and offline resources, which leads to the construction of online and offline mixed "golden courses". Based on this, measures such as optimizing curriculum design, strengthening the construction of teachers and promoting the construction of teaching facilities will help the integration of law curriculum reform and "golden course" construction.

中国民族区域自治制度的地方实践与运作规范

China is a unified multi-ethnic country. Under the principle of equality of all ethnic groups, China vigorously promotes regional ethnic autonomy and the development of ethnic minorities. This paper takes Moridavar Daur autonomous Banner as an example to analyze the local practice and specific operation of the national regional autonomy system. Moridavar Daur Autonomous Banner has multi-dimensional practice of regional ethnic autonomy through local legislation and other means, but there are also four problems: lack of language protection and inheritance, lack of religious rule of law, lack of targeted autonomy legislation, and loss of high-quality legal talents. It is necessary to further enhance the standardization of local practice of ethnic regional autonomy from four perspectives: cultural protection, religious rule of law, autonomy legislation and talent incentive.

Optimization of Logical Structure and Innovative Practice of Law-Based Evidence Talent Cultivation in the Context of Education-Industry Integration

Abstract The construction of “new liberal arts” and the advent of the era of artificial intelligence are forcing the traditional training mode of legal talents to change in the direction of interdisciplinary, high-quality composite talents who know how to govern society, among which, the legal evidence-based talents are the talents training direction adapted to the future needs and have a noble sense of social responsibility. At present, the cultivation of evidence-based talents is still in the exploratory stage, and in order to use the specific cultivation method, we need to cooperate with high-quality enterprises and practical departments. Practical exploration reveals that, on the one hand, utilizing the technical resources of enterprises can effectively enhance students’ ability to use evidence-based research methods. On the other hand, in cooperation with practical departments, conducting research on the rule of law around real issues and evaluating the implementation effect of policies can well exercise students’ practical ability and deepen their patriotic sentiment of helping people in the world. In addition, this paper also carries out the vectorized representation of legal text based on the N-Gram model, calculates the similarity of legal cases by combining with Word2Vec, and introduces the graph representation learning to establish a similar case law recommendation model, which helps students to find out the similar cases in the massive cases. It is conducive to students’ cultivation of systematic thinking in evidence-based jurisprudence and enhancement of their ability to discriminate similar cases. Through the practice of the course, the initial feasible experience of “five-stage parallel progress” and “three integration of science and reality” on the cultivation of evidence-based law talents has been formed, and the incentives and assessment mechanisms for the cultivation of industry-academia integration need to be further strengthened in the future.

Development of Sino-Russian legal service cooperation in the context of hindered Eurasian integration

Due to the continuation of special military operations, the original mode of competition and cooperation in Central Asia has changed. The process of Eurasian integration has fallen into a temporary low tide, and the “Belt and Road” strategy has also been impacted. China and Russia have established a highly friendly comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era, and have maintained long-term high-level cooperation in various fields. Against the backdrop of the overall downturn in the world economy, bilateral trade has grown. In the face of Western sanctions, the economic and trade cooperation between Russia and European countries has gradually decreased, which will inevitably lead to the deepening of exchanges between Russia and China in the field. Whether the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation or the docking and landing of long-term strategies, it is inseparable from the escort of the law. The current China-Russia legal services have such problems as narrow coverage, lack of legal talents, lack of dispute resolution mechanism, etc. Such scattered and fragmented legal services obviously cannot meet the needs of the development of Sino-Russian trade, and it is also unable to make timely adjustment in the face of the impact of the drastic international situation. This paper will sort out the development context of China- Russia legal service. Based on the current situation of legal service cooperation, this paper will analyze the shortcomings exposed in this field in the face of the drastic international situation, and put forward suggestions for the transformation and development of China-Russia legal service cooperation.

Transnational Law Expertise and the Development of Foreign-related Legal Talents

Transnational Law Expertise and the Development of Foreign-related Legal Talents

Identification and Construction of a Conceptual Entrepreneurship Competency Framework for Politics and Law Majors

Entrepreneurship competency is taken as a key element for personal lifelong learning, active citizenship and employ ability in the knowledge society. As for the study of entrepreneurship competency, scholars in different countries have developed various entrepreneurship competency models or frameworks. These entrepreneurial competencies are diversified in their contents or covering aspects, most of them are mainly developed with emphasis on the tilt in business or engineering majors, however, there is no specific research concerning entrepreneurship competency for politics and law majors in higher vocational colleges of political science and law, of which the training goal is cultivating political and legal talents for grassroots, making that the quality requirements and the talent training standard are different from those majors in other universities or any other vocational colleges. Therefore, constructing a set of entrepreneurship competency framework applicable for politics and law majors will make up for this gap and enrich the entrepreneurship competency content and finally broaden the deeper understanding of entrepreneurship education. The study was conducted in three phases: identification of constructs and sub constructs from the literature review and documents analysis in phase I; identification of constructs and sub constructs from interviews (n=12) in phase II; and content and face validity of the constructs and sub constructs in phase III. Data analysis was conducted by utilizing the Nvivo 12 plus software. A conceptual entrepreneurship competency framework was generated since the constructs and sub constructs were identified and classified during the research.

Research on the cultivation mode of foreign-related rule of law talents in local colleges and universities

China's request to strengthen the promotion of the rule of law related to foreign affairs and to integrate the rule of law at home and the rule of law related to foreign affairs is an important part of the construction of institutional civilization. With the continuous advancement of the "The Belt and Road" initiative and the increasing frequency of international cultural exchanges and economic and trade exchanges, the cultivation of talents in the rule of law related to foreign affairs has become an urgent need of the times. As a local university, it should clarify its own position, improve the curriculum system and teaching mode according to the requirements of talent training, and train a group of new era legal talents with international vision, understanding of international rules, and able to participate in international legal affairs, safeguard the national interests, and provide legal services related to foreign affairs. To this end, it is necessary to establish a scientific guiding ideology for the cultivation of foreign-related rule of law talents, strengthen the cultivation of foreign-related legal practice ability, cross-cultural communication ability, innovative spirit, legal professionalism and global vision, and promote the quality of China's foreign-related talents training.

Improvement path under the dilemma of cultivating foreign-related rule of law talents in local colleges and universities

The cultivation of foreign-related rule of law talents in the new era has become an important topic in the field of higher education in China, and local universities play an important role in building foreign-related rule of law construction and cultivating foreign-related talents in various regions. Cultivating foreign-related legal talents not only requires an international perspective and understanding of international rules, but also needs to be based on the needs of regional economic development and cultivate foreign-related legal talents that are suitable for local development. In order to achieve this goal, the first step is to consolidate people's spiritual foundations, make accurate academic planning, integrate the law and foreign languages, and connect domestic law and international law. We should also coordinate the theory and practice as the center of the scientific construction of the foreign-related curriculum system and set up a high-quality, highly educated, and capable team of foreign-related faculty, so as to integrate the educational resources and provide a strong guarantee for the cultivation of high-quality foreign-related rule of law personnel.

Revolving Doors: Social Dimensions of Law Firm Culture and Pathways out of Firms

AbstractA growing body of research suggests that contemporary law firms face challenges with the retention of legal talent—especially women and racialized lawyers. Yet, we know little about the conditions that prompt lawyers to leave law firms or where they go after leaving. This article builds on the scholarship of John Hagan, emphasizing the role of social capital in law firm culture, and work by Emmanuel Lazega, tracing dimensions of law firm collegiality—both with implications for lawyers’ careers within and beyond law firms. I draw on data from a twenty-seven-year longitudinal survey of Canadian lawyers. Using piecewise exponential survival models, I examine organizational, cultural, and individual factors that may encourage mobility from law firms. The study reveals a pervasive gender difference that is not explained by human capital, organizational characteristics, or individual traits. Results also demonstrate the importance of social capital and firm culture—specifically, the presence of workplace policies of flexible scheduling, lawyers’ sense of a good match with their firm, their satisfaction with status rewards, and finally, the role of mentors—in shaping the flow of legal talent from law firms to various job destinations.

Exploration and Improvement of Cultivation Model of Foreign-Related Legal Talents under the Construction of New Western Land-Sea Corridor

Exploration and Improvement of Cultivation Model of Foreign-Related Legal Talents under the Construction of New Western Land-Sea Corridor