Master of Laws (JM) is one of the professional degrees. The pilot project of Master of Laws in China since 1996 was set up according to the Interim Measures for Examination and Approval of Professional Degree Setting, which was deliberated and adopted at the 4th meeting of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee. Master degree in law is a professional degree with a specific legal background, which mainly trains high-level legal professionals and management talents for departments and industries such as legislation, justice, lawyers, notarization, trial, procuratorial, supervision and economic management, finance, administrative law enforcement and supervision.
Master of Laws is different from Master of Laws. The training goal of master of law is teaching, learning and doing, and master of law is application and practice.