Rongrong Zhang

Rongrong Zhang

March 31, 2026

Higher education, New legal talents, Practical ability, Cultivation path, Building the rule of law in China.

The enhancement of practical abilities of new legal talents is of utmost significance for promoting the construction of a law-based China and laying a solid foundation for a socialist country under the rule of law. Against the dual backdrop of higher education reform and the construction of a law-based China, the Law Department of Southwest Jiaotong University, relying on the construction and application of the simulated court laboratory, addresses the new problems and challenges faced by the cultivation of new legal talents in the field of higher education. By reforming the first classroom, activating the second classroom, and expanding the third classroom, the three classrooms are interconnected and complementary. Additionally, the department actively constructs a competition system for legal disciplines, exploring a new path for the cultivation of practical abilities of legal talents in the new era, which deeply integrates theory with practice. This path strictly follows the requirements of "combining moral and legal education, and collaborative cultivation" outlined in the "Opinions on Strengthening Legal Education and Legal Theory Research in the New Era", and has cultivated a group of legal talents with high political identification, good professional ethics, and excellent practical abilities. It provides a useful reference for the cultivation of new legal talents in Chinese universities.

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