At present, China's high-level postgraduate education in law includes master of law and master of law professional degree, referred to as master of law and master of law.
With the development of the rule of law in China, the establishment of postgraduate education for master of laws, the first batch of enrollment in 1995 and 1996, and the joint entrance examination in 2000 have accelerated the integration with international legal education and met the social demand for senior legal talents.
Master of Laws (JM) is limited to non-law majors, and there is no specific major. Its knowledge structure is broad caliber, thick foundation and compound. Mainly for judicial organs, administrative law enforcement, legal services and legal supervision departments, social public management departments and enterprise management departments to train high-level compound and applied legal talents, such as lawyers, judges, prosecutors, corporate legal consultants, etc.
Master of Laws students mainly recruit undergraduates majoring in law. It is divided into legal theory, legal history (China legal history, foreign legal history, western economic legal history, legal cultural history, etc. ), constitutional law and administrative law, criminal law (criminology, juvenile law, etc. ), civil and commercial law, procedural law (civil procedure law, criminal procedure law, administrative procedure law, judicial expertise, etc. ), economic law (commercial law, economic law, labor and social security law, etc. ) There are four entrance exams for Master of Laws.
Political foreign languages
Professional Basis of Entrance Examination for Master of Laws (Criminal Law, Civil Law)
Master of Laws entrance examination comprehensive examination (including basic theory of law, constitutional law, Chinese legal history)
Exam book
Outline of the joint entrance examination for master of law students.
Guide to the joint entrance examination for master of law students.
Published by Renmin University of China Press.
Suggestions on preparing for master of law
1. Use a flexible outline: Don't ignore the indicative and testable functions of a thin outline.
If the bold part of the guide is taken out alone, it will be a complete exam outline! The characteristic of the outline is that it is only an outline without specific content, which is equivalent to a "wordless gobbledygook", but it is formal, so it has two characteristics: it can be used to test your mastery of specific content; We can grasp knowledge from the macro aspect of the whole system. So I suggest you buy a new outline of that year, so that you can master the changes of the outline and use the guide of last year. The specific content of the change can be solved through the Master of Laws Training Network of Science and Education Park or the Master of Laws Tutorial Class of Science and Education Park.
2. Proficient in the textbook: Read the textbook-guide at least 4 times, from easy to deep, from easy to difficult;
The Guide to the Joint Entrance Examination for Master of Laws is easy to understand, which is very suitable for non-law graduates. It can be said that all review activities are centered on a better understanding of the Guide. Laying the foundation in the preparation stage-getting familiar with all the contents in the reading stage-deepening the understanding and analysis of knowledge points in the breakthrough stage of key difficulties-strengthening the cross-chapter application of the guide in the simulation stage-reading the guide before the exam systematically has only one purpose: constantly reading, applying and understanding all the knowledge points in the guide. Candidates all use the guidebook for one year-it's too late to wait for the new book that year, so it's unnecessary.
3. Material selection: mainly counseling and practice materials in NPC version and law/court version, with guaranteed quality;
The tutorial book is a key to deepen your understanding of the Guide, which can help you achieve the following goals: the key and difficult points of each chapter, the methods and skills of answering questions, the intensive training of exercises, the formation of legal thinking and so on. The National People's Congress (NPC) is the royal publishing unit of law masters, and the law publishing house is the publishing base of law examination books. The palace edition is famous for books by Su and others.
4, confidence and perseverance: you can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days, you should strictly follow the weekly review plan;
Everyone knows that the postgraduate entrance examination is very hard, and the French exam is even harder. A few days before the exam, many people backed out, so sticking to the end is a victory in itself. Specify a plan. Only when you finish your plan every day will you feel at ease and not be in a confused state when reviewing.
5, lay a good foundation: the difficult part of the exam is quite few, but the level of detail required for the test center is very high;
Although law students are not allowed to take the exam, the basis of each candidate is different. Some have obtained a double degree in law, some minor in law on weekends, some have been paying attention to law and reading legal newspapers and books, some are preparing to study for a master's degree in law in their sophomore year, and some often take classes for law undergraduates because of their interest. Without foundation, it is like building a house without foundation. No matter how skilled the master is, he can't build a good building or a tall building. Therefore, everyone should design a "common sense preparation stage" that does not limit time, which is specially used to lay the foundation and establish a perceptual knowledge of the law.
6, diligent in induction: good at reading thick books and thin books, and develop the habit of sorting out knowledge and taking notes;
If you have strong self-study ability, you can take notes by yourself and refer to some online materials; Those who don't have this level can choose to apply for the master of law remedial class in the Science and Education Park, but remember to study with the instructor and understand and transplant many things explained by the instructor to the instructor.
7. Do more exercises: the exam is based on routine questions, and typical cases must be understood by heart;
It is not advisable to ask the sea tactics, but because there is no systematic study of the law, a large number of exercises and training are essential. But we don't practice reciting questions. We do this in order to better understand and apply legal knowledge points and truly understand and digest all the knowledge points in the Guide. There is a very interesting phenomenon: many people seem to know everything when they study, but they get stuck when they do problems!
8. Simulated self-test: Only the exam can truly test your level, and it is a set of questions and a real question;
9, proficient in cases: most of the topics are in the form of cases, to develop a thinking mode of analyzing cases;
Case is the biggest feature and lifeline of the postgraduate entrance examination for master of laws. Single choice, multiple choice and discrimination all involve case analysis, and only case analysis can truly show your legal quality. There are a large number of case topics in the subjective course of Master of Law in Science and Education Park, and you constantly summarize the answering skills in doing the questions, so it is hopeful to get high marks in the cases.
It should be noted that if you want to pass the case topics of jurisprudence and constitutional law (which is the point that a large number of students can't get high marks in comprehensive classes), you should not only be familiar with the Guide, but also need divergent thinking and extensive constitutional knowledge, and read more books, newspapers and small articles on this topic.
10, break through the key points: because there are too many knowledge points, it is necessary to grasp the key points and error-prone points in a targeted manner;
As a discipline, its important knowledge points and knowledge system will not change. Students should spend more energy to break through key knowledge and use guides, tutorials, simulation questions, undergraduate books on law, internet, remedial classes, classmates, teachers and other ways to achieve their goals.
Finally, it is emphasized that LLM test requires extremely high case analysis ability, which is based on strengthening memory and understanding of knowledge points and a lot of practice. The following are the rankings of LLM-related enrollment institutions: (PS: a macro comparison of the overall situation of this ranking, for reference only)
Comprehensive ranking (considering the importance attached by the school to LLM education, resources invested, legal education strength, school brand level and academic situation), the first place: Peking University (a leading figure in law/legal education, one of the "five schools and four departments", a national famous school and a national legal transporter in Beijing), began to train tutors in the second year, with a dual tutorial system, near 10 direction. It can be said that it is a model for the education and training of master of laws. Although the tuition is expensive, it is worthwhile to consider various factors. Second place: China University of Political Science and Law (a leading figure in law/law education, one of the "five schools and four departments", a national legal transporter, accounting for nearly 30% of all public funds, with increasingly strong academic development in recent years and relatively high attention paid to legal research and education) Third place: China Renmin University (a leading figure in law/law education, one of the "five schools and four departments", the art capital of China, a national legal transporter. The graduates from two different directions have basically worked in state organs, famous law firms and well-known enterprises, and the tuition fees are close to those of Peking University and a large number of well-known legal scholars in recent years, so the academic situation has declined, but it does not damage the strong brand of law school. Re-examination is easier than Peking University and China University of Political Science and Law, and academic points are easier than Peking University. The National People's Congress attaches great importance to the employment of graduates, and basically all of them can enter state organs).
Fourth place: East China University of Political Science and Law (one of the "five schools and four departments" of the famous law school), the main legal transporter in East China, with lower strength than Southwest University of Political Science and Law, but the education and resources of master of law are higher than those of other schools, and the employment situation in East China has been very good since the second year. The school generally requires students to learn a second foreign language in Shanghai, which is very good. Although there are places at public expense, they are not all at public expense. It is very true that students have "three help" funds. Fifth place: Tsinghua University (a non-traditional law school, which has absorbed many talents in recent years, and its academic and educational level has advanced by leaps and bounds. It is very difficult for domestic famous schools to re-test. They attach great importance to the Master of Laws and have academic bonuses. In recent years, their employment is very optimistic.
Sixth place: Southwest University of Political Science and Law (one of the "five schools and four departments" of the famous law school), the main legal transporter in southwest China, and the strength of China's political science and law, which absorbs about 200-300 LLM every year, is located in Zone B, with a high admission rate. The top 50% of students can get full scholarships, and the middle 565,438+0%-75% can get general tuition. Seventh place: Jilin University (one of the "five schools and four departments" of the famous law school, most of them were sent to North China. In previous years, the academic level declined due to brain drain, but in recent years, it has been improved after readjustment. I attach great importance to the Master of Laws, and the campus atmosphere is very good. General schools require students to learn a second foreign language, with students' "three AIDS", and schools funded in Zone B have relatively high cost performance among many prestigious law schools. Eighth place: Sun Yat-sen University (a famous domestic school, a transporter in South China). The law level of Zhong Da University is not as good as that of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, but the training mode of LLM is very good, which is the original JM/MBA/MPA joint training in China. JM will learn a lot of management knowledge. For South China, Sun Yat-sen University is very famous, located in Guangzhou, South China, with optimistic employment.
Ninth place: Fudan University (non-traditional law school, a famous school in China, the walk-in situation is unknown, but it is said to be the only East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai. In recent years, it has advantages over East China University of Political Science and Law, but its legal strength is not as good as that of East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, but its brand is very good and famous at home and abroad. It attaches great importance to the Master of Laws. After the second year, it began to have a direction. It is a liberal arts university with great potential.
Tenth place: tied, university of international business and economics (non-traditional law school, which attaches great importance to the Master of Law, has a compound Master of Law training plan combining the school's own ability and alumni resources, especially suitable for students who are engaged in legal work in the economic and trade direction after graduation).
Tenth place: tied, Xiamen University (non-traditional law school, attaches great importance to the master of law, has a very good reputation in the south, and the level of legal education is quite good. Only a few traditional law schools have a good learning atmosphere and attach great importance to students' graduation. Most graduates from Xiamen University go to public security organs, banks and well-known enterprises. )
Tenth place: tied, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (one of the "five schools and four departments" of the famous law school), the national legal education is mostly transported to Central South China. Since the merger, legal education has declined for a time, but it has increased in recent years. The legal strength is better than that of Zhong Da University, but there is little information about the direction of LLM education, so it is difficult to grasp the specific actual situation. However, recently, it was awarded the intellectual property rights of the national key discipline of civil and commercial law as a research base, and the law has recovered. However, the comprehensive employment, school popularity and training situation are not as good as those of CUHK and Fudan. However, after the merger, more alumni were obtained and employment was relatively optimistic. Terby is a legal worker in the direction of finance and economy.
Other better LLM education institutions (comprehensive): Shandong University, northwest university of politics and law, Nanjing University, Sichuan University, the best cost-effective law institutions (comprehensive): first place: China University of Political Science and Law-at public expense.
Second place: Southwest University of Political Science and Law-Third place at public expense: China Renmin University.
Fourth place: Fudan University
Fifth place: East China University of Political Science and Law
Training mode ranking: first place: Peking University-besides the diploma, there is also a qualification certificate issued after graduation. Direction selection close to 10.
Second place: Sun Yat-sen University Joint Education Training Third place: China Renmin University-there is no direction and intellectual property direction choice;
Fourth place: East China University of Political Science and Law/Fudan University/Zhongnan University of Economics and Law-Starting direction in the second year
Ranking of legal education institutions: first place: China Renmin University, second place: China University of Political Science and Law, third place: Peking University) The legal education in Wuhan University is relatively good, but in recent years, the continuous loss of legal scholars has dealt a heavy blow to legal education, and there have been no less than 1 academic plagiarism incidents (the school has not announced the results), with the emphasis on excessive discrimination against the Master of Laws and insufficient teaching resources. Although it has improved recently, some students have been admitted to Wuhan University because of the small number of applicants, but it is confirmed that discrimination still exists and is more serious. In addition, the LLM of this school can be bought with money in many places. You can refer to the Shenzhen Research Institute of Wuhan University, so Wuhan University is not included in the above list, and the master of laws education has fallen into a situation of 3 ~ 4 streams. (Student's suggestion) If the strength is good, consider Peking University, National People's Congress, Fada and Fada. Shandong University is not in the top ten because of the serious loss of legal scholars from Shanda University, and its strength has dropped sharply recently. However, the law school is being readjusted at present, and I believe it will be improved in recent years. The comprehensive strength of western politics and China politics is equal, but the legal education of western politics is relatively good, but the accommodation and resources are worse than that of China politics; Hua Zheng attached great importance to Fa Shuo's education. Western politics is widely employed in South China and Southwest China, and more than 80% of Guangdong's political and legal system is dominated by western politics. Generally speaking, the employment of China government is almost not in East China, especially in the political and legal system, and there are a lot of China government resources. There are many places in western politics, and it is relatively easy to enroll in area B. If you choose some bad or declining law schools, I suggest that you spend three years on self-study, pass the judicial examination, and study hard before going to graduate school of law, which is far better than going to a discriminated school or a declining school or a school with a background in science and engineering. Of course, nothing is absolute, but oneself is the most important.