The contents of the national judicial examination include: theoretical law, applied law, current legal provisions, legal practice and legal professional ethics.
The national judicial examination implements a national unified proposition. The outline of the national judicial examination for 20 15 years formulated and published by the Ministry of Justice is the basis of the proposition.
20 15 National Judicial Examination adopts closed-book written examination. The exam is divided into four volumes, each volume 150, with a total score of 600. Test paper 1, test paper 2 and test paper 3 are machine-readable multiple-choice questions, and test paper 4 is written case analysis, legal documents and discussion questions. The theme of each volume is:
Test paper 1: Comprehensive knowledge. Including: Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theory of rule of law, jurisprudence, legal history, constitution, economic law, international law, private international law, international economic law, judicial system and legal professional ethics;
Examination Paper 2: Criminal and Administrative Legal System. Including: criminal law, criminal procedure law, administrative law and administrative procedure law;
Examination paper 3: Civil and commercial legal system. Including: civil law, commercial law and civil procedure law (including arbitration system);
Test paper 4: case analysis, legal documents and discussion. Including Socialism with Chinese characteristics's theory of rule of law, jurisprudence, constitutional law, administrative law and administrative procedure law, criminal law, criminal procedure law, civil law, commercial law and civil procedure law.