Master of Laws (JM, short for Juris Master) is one of the professional degrees. JM, MBA (Master of Business Administration) and MPA (Master of Management) are called the three pillars of liberal arts vocational graduate education. Master of Law provides new opportunities and new choices for non-law students to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
Due to historical reasons, the professional caliber of legal talents in China is too narrow, and the talent specifications are single. The enrollment method and training mode are not suitable for the cultivation of high-level compound and applied legal talents, and it is difficult to meet the needs of today's society. At present, there is a shortage of high-quality legal talents, especially high-level applied and compound legal talents urgently needed by society. Therefore, the postgraduate education of master of laws is to cultivate advanced compound and practical legal talents, and its graduates have broad employment prospects.
An important feature of the training of master of law degree is that the whole process of training should reflect the legal concept that the legal profession should have for its employees, that is, the legal consciousness and values, the logic and mode of legal thinking, the professional ethics and responsibility of law, and the professional quality and ability of legal personnel.
2. Conditions for applying for a Master of Laws (mainly recommended)
The LLM entrance examination is divided into 1 full-time LLM entrance examination and 1 on-the-job LLM entrance examination.
Requirements for full-time Master of Laws:
Master of Laws only recruits non-law graduates with bachelor's degree in national education or equivalent. Generally, those with the same educational level are required to have a college degree recognized by the state, and have worked for two years after graduation (from college graduation to September 1 day of the year of admission of master students) or above. Each proofreader has different requirements for junior college students. Please refer to the admissions brochure for details. China LLM Alliance Forum has 80 discussion areas of LLM joint entrance examination institutions, and each area has many introductions about this enrollment institution. Partition discussion address: /index.php? gid=2684
The following 13 majors are not allowed to apply for full-time master of law: law, economic law, international law, international economic law, labor reform law, commercial law, notarization, legal affairs, administrative law, lawyer, foreign-related economy and law, intellectual property law and criminal law.
In particular, the full-time master of laws emphasizes that the major to be applied for cannot be this 13 major. Note that it is a professional restriction, not a degree restriction. Every year, comrades in the forum of China Master of Laws Alliance ask themselves that they have a bachelor's degree in law, but they are not majoring in 13. Can they apply? The seniors who have joined the league told everyone that they can apply for the exam. Due to the problems of specialty setting in some domestic universities, some sociology, political science and administrative management majors have also obtained bachelor of laws. In this case, you can apply for a full-time master of law.
On-the-job Master of Laws registration requirements:
"On-the-job Master of Laws Examination" is different from the national Master of Laws Examination held in 1 every year 10. The former refers to the on-the-job master of law degree entrance examination in 79 universities across the country. On-the-job postgraduate entrance examination has been implemented since 1998, mainly for the internal enrollment of the political and legal system, also known as "on-the-job postgraduate entrance examination of five ministries and commissions".
Application conditions: Bachelor degree from National Education University (generally required), personnel from political and legal departments such as courts, procuratorates, judicial administration, political and legal committees, public security, and cadres from people's congresses and related departments (such as banking, industry and commerce, taxation, etc.). ) who has worked in law practice for more than 5 years. The deadline for calculating the working years required by the registration conditions is August 3 1 of that year. Those who meet the requirements of the on-the-job master of laws entrance examination must register with the recommendation of the personnel department of their unit.
Registration examination: the registration time is usually July or August every year, and the online registration time is about half a month earlier than the on-site registration time. The examination time is generally 10 month every year, and the entrance examination subjects are political theory, English, professional basic courses (including criminal law and civil law) and comprehensive courses (including jurisprudence, constitution and Chinese legal history), with a total of 4 subjects. Among them, the political theory examination is organized by each enrollment unit separately, and the time is arranged by itself; The other three courses are subject to the national entrance examination. Candidates whose test language is Russian are only allowed to apply for Heilongjiang University. The pass rate is generally around 40%.
Admission teaching: the national unified admission score line is no longer delineated, and the admission standards are determined by the enrollment units. However, the number of admissions shall not exceed the admission quota issued by the state. Files, personnel, wages and household registration shall not be transferred during school study. The academic system is two to four years. Generally, full-time, part-time and part-time study are adopted. Those who complete their studies and pass the master's thesis defense will be awarded the professional degree certificate of master of law issued by the Ministry of Education. Note: No diploma. In other words, the on-the-job master of law holds a certificate.
What are the 80 colleges and universities that recruit LLM majors?
Peking University, China Renmin University, Tsinghua University, university of international business and economics, People's Public Security University of China, China University of Political Science and Law, Nankai University, Hebei University, Shanxi University, Inner Mongolia University, Liaoning University, Dalian Maritime University, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Jilin University, Heilongjiang University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, East China University of Political Science and Law, Nanjing University, Suzhou University, Nanjing Normal University, Zhejiang University, Anhui University. Xiamen University, Fuzhou University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Shandong University, Yantai University, Zhengzhou University, Henan University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Xiangtan University, Hunan University, Hunan Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, Hainan University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Sichuan University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Guizhou University, Yunnan University, northwest university of politics and law, Xi Institute of Politics (.
China Academy of Social Sciences resumed enrollment in 2008, which is worth looking forward to.
30 new schools in 2008:
Central University for Nationalities north china university of technology Beijing Normal University Tianjin Normal University Hebei University of Economics and Business China Criminal Police College Shenyang Normal University Shanghai University Tongji University Southeast University Ningbo University Zhejiang Gongshang University anhui university of finance Huaqiao University Nanchang University Jiangxi Normal University China Ocean University Qingdao University Central South University for Nationalities Central South University Jinan University Guangdong Business School Shenzhen University South China University of Technology Guangxi Normal University Chongqing University xi 'an Jiaotong University Northwest University Qinghai University for Nationalities Xinjiang University.