"Judges and lawyers are the same legal subject," said Fu Yuanping, president of Siming Court. "We hope to further promote the legal literacy and judicial capacity building of the legal profession by building a new platform for benign interaction between lawyers and judges, thus contributing to the trial-centered judicial system reform."
It's better to be a judge's assistant when attending a "business intensive class" ―― all the five hired judge's assistants are new lawyers who have been in the business for less than a year, so they should learn how to file a case from scratch. In Siming court, a single judge accepts nearly 400 cases a year, and assistant judges will contact several times as many cases and various parties as law firms, which can greatly enrich their experience and skills in handling cases. "This is a good opportunity to observe and learn the judge's thinking in judging cases, which can help me understand legal issues more comprehensively." Intern lawyer Zhang Lele said.
Five assistant judges went to Siming Court Administrative Court, Lianqian Court, Gulangyu Court, Minyi Court and Miners' Court. "We specially selected the courts with the largest number of cases and the most complicated types of cases in our hospital, and the tutors followed by the judge assistants are also experienced judges." The person in charge of the relevant work of Siming Court introduced.