Discussion on the Importance of Legal English under the Background of Globalization of Legal Services

Under the background of the internationalization of legal services,the legal relationship is becoming more and more complex in the private international law area.The demand for international legal services for compound talents with foreign language as the core is expanding,while the number of transnational legal offices is increasing rapidly.It options a higher demand on the English level of talents involved in transnational legal affairs.This paper tends to analyze the importance of legal English from the perspective of globalization.

A Research on the Path to Strengthen Legal Education for International Students in China

With the deepening of China’s new measures for opening-up,China has emerged as the“target country”for students from many countries around the world seeking to study abroad.In China,legal education for international students is closely linked to the overall improvement of international students’training quality,which is conducive to improving the international education supply level for international students in colleges and universities,as well as maintaining the order of education for these students in China.In order to strengthen legal education for international students in China,it is necessary to set up public compulsory courses for legal education,form full-time teaching faculties,and explore the new cooperative teaching mode between the first classroom and the second classroom.

The Legal Guarantee of the Right to Education Perspective of Completing the Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

As we review the historical process of completing the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,the rule of law through the right to education,which has played a leading and guaranteeing role in this process,has not only made great achievements,but also set the direction and path for the development of the education system and unleashed education’s momentum in driving social development.The rule of law through the right to education has been established and developed during the great practice of reform and opening-up.After we achieve the goal of realizing all-round moderate prosperity,it is necessary to straighten out the internal mechanisms concerning its next-step development and codify educational laws in order to further promote human rights progress in China.

On the Theory of Chinese Legal Education in the New Era

The Central Committee of the Community Party of China with Comrade XI Jinping at its core has made strategic thinking and top-level design for Chinese legal education in the new era, put forward a series of new concepts, ideas and strategies that are epochal, iconic, and original, and created a scientific and modernized theory of Chinese legal education in the new era. The theory on Chinese legal education for the new era, as an important part of XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, profoundly answers significant questions about the orientation, goal, status, relationship, management, and system of Chinese legal education in the new era, and guides us to build a leading country in legal education.

A Programmatic Document for Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era: Interpretation of the Opinions on Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era

The release of the Opinions on Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era(hereinafter referred to as the“Opinions”)is a milestone in the history of legal education since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.Standing at a new historical starting point for exercising law-based governance on all fronts and advancing the rule of law in China,this document outlines new development goals for legal education and legal theory research in the new era from both short-term and long-term perspectives.It adheres to the guidance of XI Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,and puts forward the principles of upholding and strengthening the overall leadership under the Communist Party of China,adhering to the scientific guidance of XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law,accomplishing the core task of economic development and serving the overall interests of the country,fostering virtue through education and cultivating talent with both moral quality and legal literacy,following the objective law,and integrating the underlying tenets of Marxism with China’s realities and the fine traditional Chinese culture,thus establishing the principles for the new development of legal education and legal theory research in the new era.It proposes to strengthen top-level design and strategic arrangements,promote the reform and improvement of the law school system,accelerate the improvement of the legal education system,and innovatively develop the legal theory research system.Therefore,a new development landscape for legal education and legal theory research in the new era has been established.The Opinions clearly stipulates the leadership system,management system,and coordination mechanism for legal education and legal theory research,and creates a new development system for legal education and legal theory research in the new era.

Chinese Modernization and the Development of Legal Education

The Communist Party of China has attached great importance to legal education, made arduous explorations in the practice of advancing the Chinese revolution, development, and reform, and blazed a road of modernization and development of Chinese legal education. The socialist legal education system with Chinese characteristics develops on the basis of completely negating and profoundly criticizing the old legal education system, and establishing a new legal education system guided by the Marxist view of state and law;it is created and develops on the basis of learning from the Soviet Union model, in combination with China's specific conditions and independent exploration;and it is constantly improved and develops under the new historical conditions of reform and opening up and socialist modernization drive, and on the basis of meeting the needs of perfecting socialist democracy and strengthening socialist legal systems, and profoundly summarizing the positive and negative experience of socialist legal construction in China. The legal education with Chinese characteristics in the new era is guided by XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, based on the integration of the original aspirations and the views from the outside, through continuous innovation and development in implementing new ideas and establishing new patterns, offers a powerful talent guarantee and a theoretical support to promote the development of the rule of law in China, provides a strong impetus to transform a country rich in legal education resources into a country strong in legal education, and lays a solid foundation of the rule of law for promoting the development of a human community with a shared future and the creation of a new form of human advancement.

From Interdisciplinary Approach to Interdisciplines: The New Liberal Arts Development Road of Legal Education

The traditional legal education model based on the discipline system of “theoretical law + departmental law” overemphasizes professional subdivision, resulting not only in the separation of different disciplines from each other, but also in the narrow thinking mode, single knowledge structure, and weak practical ability of trained legal talent, who are therefore hardly adapted to the needs of the era, which are characterized as cross boundary social problems and comprehensive knowledge application. All in all, the training of high-quality interdisciplinary legal talents lags behind social reform and the practice of the rule of law. In the context of comprehensively promoting the development of the new liberal arts, developing the new liberal arts, i.e., deep cross-integration, has penetrated into the construction of the law discipline, broken through the inherent limitations of law knowledge, promoted the interdisciplinary development of law education, and helped cultivate the ability of law students to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge. The development of new law science should proceed step by step, from shallow to deep. It should follow the guidance of social needs, break down discipline barriers, innovate cross-integration mechanisms, transform and upgrade from the “small crossover” among various departmental laws within the law discipline to the “big crossover” between the law discipline and other disciplines, and transform from the innovation of research methods to the innovation of the structure of disciplines. The cultivation of inter disciplines should focus on emerging fields such as national security, artificial intelligence, and social governance.

Improving the Management and Guidance System, and Enhancing the Development Quality of Law Schools and Colleges

Legal education and legal theory research are on the honorable mission of cultivating high-quality rule-of-law personnel and providing theoretical support for the rule of law in China, and play an important role in advancing the law-based governance in all fields. The Opinions on Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions” ) issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the General Office of the State Council in 2023 to meet the needs of legal education and legal theory research at present and in the future further clarifies the directions of legal education and legal theory research, and carries great importance for strengthening legal education, deepening legal research, improving the cultivation quality of rule-of-law personnel, and advancing law-based governance in all fields. The Opinions also puts forward new requirements for thoroughly implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, and continuously cultivating high-quality rule-of-law personnel.

Teaching Experiments on Course Design for Cultivating Critical Thinking in Legal Education

This study investigates the effectiveness of a new curriculum design and teaching methods in fostering critical thinking skills within legal education.Through a teaching experiment,the research explores how innovative approaches can enhance students’abilities in analysis,evaluation,reasoning,and argumentation.The experiment was conducted with a control group continuing traditional teaching methods and an experimental group exposed to the new curriculum.Results indicate that the new curriculum design significantly improved students’critical thinking skills,with an average increase of 18%in critical thinking test scores for the experimental group compared to the control group.Teaching methods such as case teaching and moot court were particularly effective,showing an average improvement rate of over 20%.However,the study also identified limitations,including a moderate sample size and a short research duration.The findings suggest that legal educators should integrate critical thinking skill development into their curriculum design and adopt diverse teaching methods to engage students effectively.