Law School, Civil and Commercial College, Criminal Division College, International Law, German, China, USA, French, China.

2009 140 290 170 100 30 25 200

20 10 130 270 160 90 30 25 400 100

20 1 1 16 242 144 8 1 49 400 1 10.

It is not difficult to see from the above table that the enrollment of the four major law schools (Law School, Civil and Commercial College, Criminal Division College and International Law School) has been decreasing in the past three years, with 700 students in 2009, 650 students in 20 10, and 583 students in 20 10/year, almost every year/kloc-0. Some people may be tempted to ask, at present, the national postgraduate enrollment is generally expanding. Why don't graduate students in the University of Political Science and Law expand but become healthy? Behind this is actually a widely discussed and long-simmering legal education reform.

As early as around 2000, the Ministry of Education and major law schools found that after years of efforts, universities all over the country have trained a large number of master of laws, which can meet the needs of society. As we all know, LLM is biased towards theoretical research. At the initial stage of the legal system construction in China, a considerable number of legal theorists are really needed to explore, so as to improve the legal system in China in scientific research and legislation. However, after more than 20 years, the legal system has been relatively sound, and the theoretical talents of master of laws are somewhat in short supply. The Blue Book of Rule of Law in China in 2009 shows that the employment rate of law graduates ranked first among liberal arts graduates in 2007. This pessimistic situation has a lot to do with the legal education mechanism in China.

Reform can be said to be imperative, so where is the source of the problem? Where is the direction of reform? Once this series of questions were put forward, various discussions were vigorous. Enter "legal education reform" in Baidu, and you will find 1 270,000 related web pages. Moreover, this topic is often seen in newspapers, and related academic research papers are frequently published. After discussion, a conclusion is drawn that this society urgently needs legal talents, but what it needs is not theoretical research type, but social practice type. Because when a country's legal system is perfect, it is necessary to implement these laws, and this responsibility naturally falls on lawyers, judges and prosecutors. Their training is beyond the capacity of LLM model, so law schools all over the country are constantly reducing LLM students, and China University of Political Science and Law, as a pioneer of reform, is no exception. It can be expected that this trend will continue in the next few years.

Second, the number of master of laws is increasing.

The postgraduate training modes of Sino-German Law School, Sino-American Law School and China-Europe Law School are quite distinctive. This article will not do too much analysis, and then look at some changes in the enrollment of master of law. As can be seen from the above table, the number of LLM students enrolled in 2009 was 200, which suddenly surged to 400 in 20 10, and this super-high number continued until 2010. This change is not surprising. People who are more concerned about the enrollment of master of law know that in 20 10, the country set up a new master of law (law) major, and all the new master of law places in the University of Political Science and Law were given to this major.

In the last section, we have seen that the trend of legal education reform is to continuously reduce theoretical talents and increase the cultivation of practical talents. In China's legal education structure, there used to be a training mode for practical legal talents-Master of Laws, so why did you open up a new major besides this? This has to mention some problems in the training process of master of law, the most serious of which is that many people think that master of law is not deep enough in legal knowledge. Professor Xu Xianming, former president of China University of Political Science and Law, wrote in How to Get Out of the Ivory Tower in Legal Education? It is also clearly pointed out in the article "Master of Laws education needs reform, and the past methods have proved unsuccessful".

At present, the four-year academic system of law undergraduate can't be changed. Xu Xianming believes that in the future, China's law education should implement the "post-high school" model, that is, select outstanding talents from high school graduates, adopt the "4+2" academic system, supplement the necessary ethics and skills training, and make up for the defects of law education. This is an important reason for the emergence of Master of Laws (Law). For a detailed analysis of this major, if you are interested, you can read another article by the author, Trends of the Times-Master of Laws (Law).

The second point of the Outline of Deepening the Reform of Postgraduate Training Mechanism in China University of Political Science and Law issued in September 2009 mentioned that the structure should be optimized, and "the training of applied talents should be strengthened to increase the proportion of graduate students with professional degrees to all graduate students." This means that the increase in the enrollment of Master of Laws, especially Master of Laws (Law), has just begun.

Third, the number of examination subjects has increased wildly.

Before 2004, the postgraduate examination of China University of Political Science and Law was divided into subjects. For example, the postgraduate examination subjects in the direction of civil law are only civil law, civil litigation, commercial law, jurisprudence and foreign legal history, while the postgraduate examination subjects in the direction of jurisprudence are general jurisprudence, constitutional law and criminal law.

In 2005, the postgraduate examination of law university was divided into public law volume and private law volume. The subjects for public law are jurisprudence, constitutional law, criminal law, criminal procedure and state affairs, while the subjects for private law are jurisprudence, constitutional law, civil law, civil litigation and state affairs. Used in 2006. In 2007, the postgraduate examination of law university was reformed again. No matter which law direction graduate students take the unified examination paper, they all take the examination of legal theory, constitution, civil law, civil litigation, criminal law and criminal procedure. Used in 2008 and 2009. 20 10 postgraduate entrance examination was reformed again, and the examination subjects surged to 10, namely: jurisprudence, constitution, state affairs, state affairs, national economy, administrative and administrative procedure law, civil law, civil litigation, criminal law and criminal litigation. 20 1 1 year remains unchanged.

In a short period of five years, the entrance examination for law graduate students in the University of Political Science and Law has undergone three reforms, one of which is that the number of subjects has soared, from the original 3 or 4 courses to 10 courses. This is not a whim of any leader, but an adjustment made with the change of legal education situation.

According to the classification of national disciplines, law belongs to the first-class discipline, commonly known as "big law". The law that people often say is just a branch of Dafa, commonly known as "small law" (hereinafter, China law refers to small law). In other words, the scope of the subject of the law is already very small, and it will be more limited if it is subdivided. Maybe ten years ago, a graduate student only needed to master the knowledge of his major, but now in such a society where everything needs to be known, a generalist is more in line with the needs.

Fourth, the difficulty of the test questions has not decreased.

It stands to reason that the increase of examination subjects will lead to the decrease of the difficulty of examination questions, but this is not the case. From 2005 to now, the types of postgraduate entrance examination in the University of Political Science and Law have remained basically unchanged, namely, single choice, multiple choice, short answer and case or analysis. Different types of questions have different levels of knowledge. Multiple-choice questions often focus on the memory of basic concepts and knowledge points, while short-answer questions focus on the comparison of some important systems and similar systems. The case or analysis requires candidates to have a certain degree of mastery of the whole departmental law. In other words, the questions in the law college exam are very wide, and the difficulty ladder of the questions is obvious. Before 20 10, the school designated a book for postgraduate entrance examination, and most candidates who took the exam would read the book many times, because any important knowledge point in the book may become a test center.

Furthermore, the difficulty of each question type itself has not decreased, but it has become more difficult in the 20 10 postgraduate entrance examination. Give a few examples to illustrate. The short answer to the first volume is: "3. The procedures for exercising the right to war and the right to emergency as stipulated in our Constitution. " Discussion: "The influence of Article 6 of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods on the contract form." "3. The difference between ordinary criminal law and special criminal law. It is difficult to find the relevant answers in the designated books, which is quite different from the style of questions in previous years. As soon as the exam is over, the voice of online abuse is endless. When the re-examination score of 20 10 fell to the lowest in history (even the civil law major with the highest score in previous years was not spared), it was not enough to explain the increase of examination subjects.

No one dares to speculate on the difficulty of 20 1 1, but as a candidate, no one dares to think that the difficulty is lower. The only thing I can do is to prepare with reference to the 20 10 postgraduate entrance examination.

Five, no longer specify the bibliography, only the scope of the proposition.

Compared with previous years, the biggest change in the enrollment brochure of 20 1 1 is that the postgraduate entrance examination no longer specifies textbooks, but adopts a strange limited proposition range. I don't know whether to show off innovation or really remind candidates. The Admissions Office will increase the font of this change to bold red and indicate it in the title. This is not a complaint or accusation. I think this move is really difficult for candidates. Ten exam subjects are overwhelming candidates. How to review without referring to the textbook? How to find the test center? Although the scope of the proposition is defined, careful people will find it basically meaningless. For example, the scope of accepting cases in civil litigation is China's civil procedure law. Since 2005, the foreign civil procedure law has never been investigated, and even the arbitration law is basically not a problem. What is the reference value of the proposition scope? Of course, the scope of constitution, civil law and national economy seems to have some functions, and some contents can be ignored.

Let's talk about how to deal with this change. First of all, I may congratulate the students who have studied hard in the undergraduate department of the University of Political Science and Law, because not specifying the bibliography means that the influence of the teacher's teaching content in the postgraduate entrance examination will increase relatively, especially the explanation and proposition ideas of the relevant proposition teachers will be closer. Over the years, the classroom of the proposition teacher in the first half of the postgraduate entrance examination will be filled with many students, and it can be expected that this scene will be more spectacular in the next few months.

Cross-school graduate students don't have to worry too much. The lack of campus resources is not only this year, but also many of your competitors. Postgraduate entrance examination is a selective examination. It's not the difficulty that determines admission, but the ranking, so don't worry about the difficulty of reviewing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

Candidates can use the textbooks specified last year in the 20 1 1 postgraduate review for the following reasons:

1. The publication year of these textbooks is almost the latest, and some outdated and abandoned ideas have been eliminated. The writing and viewpoints listed in the book have been recognized by the school teachers and told in the lecture.

2. The authors of these textbooks almost cover the proposition teachers of the postgraduate entrance examination, and the significance behind them is self-evident.

The teacher's proposition has its own ideas, and it is impossible to change suddenly because there is no designated teaching material. During the period of 20/2005-20 10/0, the designated textbooks changed almost every year, but the idea of proposition changed little over the years.

Six, the abolition of public funds, the implementation of scholarship system.

In 2009, the Ministry of Education asked universities affiliated to central ministries and commissions to reform and improve the postgraduate scholarship system. Therefore, all deployed colleges and universities have abolished public fees and implemented a scholarship system. China University of Political Science and Law also responded positively, canceling the system of applying for scholarships at public expense from 20 10. The freshman scholarship is 9000 yuan, covering 70%. In the second and third grades, according to the comprehensive performance of the previous year, the scholarships of that year were evaluated, with a coverage rate of 60%-70%.

This move is still worthy of recognition. In the past, public school students had no worries about food and clothing for three years by virtue of the entrance examination, so many students stopped making progress and neglected for three years. Self-funded students live in depression for three years, and even if they work hard, they can't be on an equal footing with public students. The scholarship system is much fairer. The entrance examination only determines the scholarship for one year, and it will be re-evaluated later. I believe that the implementation of this system can play a certain role in encouraging graduate students to pay more attention to their studies, scientific research, internships and public welfare, in a word, careers.