Great Wall Lecture - 2007 National Unified Entrance Examination for Law Master Professional Degree Graduate Students (Second Edition)

Author: Editorial Committee of National Law Master Professional Degree Entrance Examination Teaching Materials
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The National Law Master Entrance Examination is a selective examination uniformly implemented by pilot institutions for the professional degree of Law Master. The objective of the training program is to cultivate a large number of applied and composite legal talents who not only master their own professional knowledge but also possess legal expertise, abilities, and qualities. It aims to scientifically regulate the enrollment, training, and process of Law Master professional degree education, further improve the training structure and degree system for high-level legal talents in China, and ensure that legal graduate education meets the diverse urgent needs of high-level legal professionals in various fields of legal practice, political life, economic life, and social life. Strengthening the assessment of relevant abilities and development potential for legal work is a prominent feature and fundamental approach of the examination.
To meet the demand for high-level applied legal talents in China's socialist market economy and the rule of law, the 13th meeting of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee in 1995 approved a report on establishing the Law Master professional degree. In June 1999, the Office of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and the Department of Legal Education of the Ministry of Justice forwarded the "Guiding Training Program for Law Master Graduate Students," revised by the Secretariat of the National Law Master Professional Degree Education Guidance Committee. In 2005, the joint examination of pilot institutions for the enrollment examination of Law Master professional degree graduate students (academic education) was implemented.
The education for Law Master professional degree does not admit undergraduate law majors (including those with equivalent qualifications) but only non-law graduates with bachelor's degrees from the national education system (or those with equivalent qualifications). The rationale for this measure is that the education for Law Master professional degree is a vital channel for cultivating high-level applied and composite legal talents, and expanding the training of such talents is a key task of legal graduate education. This reform measure helps maximize the social benefits of legal higher education resources, fully leverage the special educational functions and roles of the Law Master professional degree, and also facilitates the organizational work of pilot institutions during the training process. For law majors, it is encouraged to apply for postgraduate studies in law. Employees who meet the criteria may apply for the part-time program for Law Master professional degree.