First, the application conditions are different and the application requirements are different.
The postgraduate education of law in China includes master of law and master of law. To apply for a master's degree in law, you must have a bachelor's degree in national education (or equivalent to a bachelor's degree) and the equivalent undergraduate graduates must work for more than two years; University graduates with equivalent education must work for more than three years. No matter what major you study, as long as you are an undergraduate (but mainly majoring in law), you can apply for a master's degree in law, but you can't recruit non-undergraduate students with the same education.
Second, the enrollment method is different from the examination questions. The Master of Law has been admitted through the joint entrance examination of the national pilot unit of Master of Law, and the Master of Law is a separate proposition (except public courses) for colleges and universities that are qualified to recruit Master of Law students. Only a few universities in China have the right to enroll master of laws; However, national key universities and some ordinary undergraduate colleges are generally qualified to recruit master of law.
Third, the educational methods and training objectives are different. Every LLM has a tutor, who can get comprehensive guidance and in-depth study of legal theory during his study. Therefore, the division of LLM specialty is fine, and the research field generally has only one direction, but the research has great depth. The training direction is mainly academic research, scientific research and teaching, and senior theoretical academic legal talents are trained in universities and research institutes.
Master of laws, regardless of major, generally has no tutor, and generally chooses one direction to study when entering school. Pay attention to practice and application, and train high-level compound and applied legal talents such as lawyers, judges, prosecutors and corporate legal advisers for the judicial, administrative law enforcement, legal services and legal supervision departments and social public management departments.
In addition, the enrollment details of Fashuo are as follows:
What are the special requirements for applying for a master of law?
Non-law graduates who support the leadership of the * * * production party in China, are willing to serve the socialist modernization, have good moral character, are physically and mentally healthy, abide by the law, and have a bachelor's degree in national education (or equivalent). Undergraduate graduates with equivalent education must work for more than two years. University graduates with equivalent education must work for more than three years.
Conditions for candidates with equivalent academic qualifications to apply for Fa Master's degree:
Undergraduate equivalent refers to students who have not obtained a nationally recognized undergraduate degree, but whose business level has reached the undergraduate graduation level. The basic requirements for applying for an equivalent master's degree are:
(1) graduated from junior college for two years or more (from graduation to September of the year of admission in general schools 1).
(2) Fresh graduates of adult education (because fresh graduates of adult education did not obtain a bachelor's degree when applying for the exam, that is, in the middle of June every year 165438+ 10, they can only apply for the exam with the same academic ability).
(3) Undergraduate graduates with academic qualifications recognized by the state.
(4) candidates with party school education.
On the basis of the basic provisions of the state, schools that recruit candidates with the same academic qualifications to study for master of laws will set stricter conditions for candidates with the same academic qualifications according to the actual situation of the candidates: for example, they must pass the CET-4; Published a thesis equivalent to a bachelor's degree. In addition, several major undergraduate courses will be added to the candidates with the same academic ability in the second interview. In addition, some colleges and universities only recruit undergraduate candidates, not candidates with the same academic ability. Therefore, candidates with the same academic level must first look through the enrollment brochures of various schools before entering the exam, and then choose the institutions that suit them, and then prepare to enter the exam.
Peking University, Tsinghua University, China Renmin University, Sun Yat-sen University, university of international business and economics, Anhui University, etc. There are strict restrictions on candidates with the same academic qualifications to apply for master of law. The so-called strict application means that candidates generally need to have a certificate of CET-4 or even CET-6, or publish several papers in core journals. For example, Peking University requires candidates with the same academic level to reach CET-4, publish more than two academic papers in national core journals, and try two major university courses during the second interview; People's University of China also requires candidates with the same academic level to reach CET-4, publish more than 3 papers publicly, take 2 undergraduate majors in the re-examination, and submit a thesis equivalent to a bachelor's degree in the re-examination, not less than 654.38+0.00000 words; Sun Yat-sen University requires candidates with the same academic level to publish more than 2 academic papers in provincial academic journals, among which the first author's paper is not less than 1 article, or has won the scientific research achievement award at or above the municipal level (including the municipal level) related to the scope of discipline and specialty, and is the main finisher.
Schools with certain requirements for applying for LLM with equivalent academic qualifications include Wuhan University, Jilin University, East China University of Political Science and Law, Zhejiang University and northwest university of politics and law. The so-called certain requirements mean that generally only four certificates are needed, and there is no need to publish papers in newspapers.
There are basically no special requirements for applying for a master of law with the same academic qualifications, including Nanjing University, Shanxi University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Lanzhou University, Shandong University, Suzhou University and Sichuan University. There are basically no special requirements for applying for LLM with the same academic level, that is to say, as long as the candidates with the same academic level have the general conditions stipulated by the state (that is, the basic education and other general conditions of the four types of candidates listed at the beginning of the article), there are no restrictions on the English grade certificate and the publication of papers except the main undergraduate courses.
Master of Laws Examination Mode
With the approval of the Ministry of Education, starting from 2000, the entrance examination for master of law graduates was tried out in the national joint examination for master of law pilot units. The examination subjects are political theory (literature), foreign languages, civil law, criminal law and comprehensive examination (including constitution, basic theory of law and Chinese legal history). Among them, political theory (literature) and foreign language exams take part in the national joint entrance examination for graduate students studying for master's degrees. Civil law, criminal law, comprehensive examination and other business examination subjects are national joint examination subjects. The scope and requirements of the joint entrance examination are based on the Outline of the Joint Entrance Examination for Master of Laws organized by the National Master of Laws Education Steering Committee and the Guide to the Joint Entrance Examination for Master of Laws organized by the College Students Department of the Ministry of Education, the the State Council Academic Degrees Committee Office and the Law Education Department of the Ministry of Justice (published by Renmin University of China Press). The outline and guide are applicable to the proposition scope and review basis of the 2000 and 200 1 year LLM entrance examination.