What are the employment directions and prospects for undergraduates majoring in law?

To be honest, the employment rate of law majors is on the low side, but if you study well, that’s another story. The employment directions are roughly as follows:

Judgement agencies

The court is a state organ that independently exercises state judicial power in accordance with the law. According to the provisions of the Constitution and the Organic Law of the People's Courts, my country has local people's courts at all levels, specialized people's courts and the Supreme People's Court. The People's Court has always been the main employment field for law students, and it is also an important goal for law students to "match their profession" and realize their career ideals.

Procuratorate

The Procuratorate is a state agency that independently exercises state procuratorial power in accordance with the law. According to the provisions of the Constitution and the Organic Law of the People's Procuratorates, my country has specialized people's procuratorates such as the Supreme People's Procuratorate, local people's procuratorates at all levels, and military procuratorates. Like judicial organs, procuratorial organs at all levels are also popular industries for law graduates to find employment.

Public Security Agencies

Public security agencies are the country’s public security administrative agencies and criminal law enforcement agencies. In China, the public security organs are administrative functional departments under the leadership of the State Council and people's governments at all levels, and are an important part of the national administrative organs. However, the public security organs are different from ordinary administrative organs. They are specialized organs that are in charge of social security and exercise the power of national security management. The state empowers public security agencies with various coercive means that are different from ordinary administrative agencies to complete the public security management functions undertaken by public security agencies. It also makes the public security agencies a strong backing for other administrative activities of the state.

China’s public security agencies are not simply administrative agencies, but judicial agencies that also have criminal law enforcement functions. According to the provisions of China's Constitution and Criminal Procedure Law, public security organs assume the functions of investigation and execution of penalties in criminal proceedings, and work closely with the People's Procuratorate and People's Court to complete the task of punishing crimes.

In view of the current situation of China's public security system, for a long time to come, the construction of China's public security team will continue to be guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", firmly establish and implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, and adhere to strict The policy of policing and policing in accordance with the law aims to improve the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the public security team, takes deepening reform as the driving force, takes "four unifications and five norms" as the basic content, and focuses on establishing and improving an institutional system with regulations and rules as the main body. , realize the standardization, normalization and legalization of all aspects and links of the construction of the public security team, build a public security team that is politically firm, professionally proficient, has an excellent style and fair law enforcement, and truly assumes the responsibility of consolidating the ruling status of the Communist Party of China and safeguarding the country. It is a major political and social responsibility to maintain long-term peace and stability and ensure that people live and work in peace and contentment.

Government agencies

Government agencies generally refer to institutions established by national party and government agencies or groups to realize their functions and are responsible for commanding and controlling administrative activities, including government offices and financial systems. , financial system, political and legal system, scientific health and cultural system. Civil servants are personnel who are engaged in the management of public affairs on behalf of the country, exercise administrative power, and perform national official duties. According to the relevant provisions of the Civil Servant Law of the People's Republic of China, civil servants refer to staff members who perform public duties in accordance with the law, are included in the national administrative establishment, and whose wages and benefits are borne by the state finance. According to the scope determined by the Civil Servant Law, in addition to administrative staff of national governments at all levels, civil servants in our country also include the following personnel: first, judges and prosecutors; second, staff of democratic parties and Communist Party agencies Third, staff of people's organizations and mass organizations. Although their nature is different from state staff, their management has always been in the category of cadres. Therefore, they are still managed according to the current practice and with reference to the Civil Servant Law.

With the gradual establishment and improvement of China’s civil service system, the working conditions, benefits and career development prospects of civil servants have greatly improved compared with the early days of reform and opening up. Applying for civil servants in agencies at all levels has become the first choice for employment for college students majoring in law. . In recent years, the National Civil Service Examination has placed the largest number and proportion of legal professionals in demand, and to a certain extent, it has also attracted widespread participation from outstanding law students.

Looking at the recruitment positions of central government agencies and directly affiliated institutions in 2008, the legal major became the most popular major with the largest number of recruitment positions and the largest number of candidates.

According to the statistics of the "2008 Position Information" released by the Ministry of Personnel, the central party and mass organs, central state administrative agencies, agencies directly under the central state administrative agency and dispatched agencies, and the State Council system managed public institutions and other units with reference to the Civil Servant Law. There are as many as 1,134 positions for (legal) professional talents to apply for, and 2,578 legal (legal) professional talents are recruited from the society. The industry fields that recruit legal professionals are also very wide, including positions such as the State Administration of Radio and Television, which were popular positions in the civil service examination in previous years. Among them, agencies directly under the central state administrative agencies and dispatched agencies account for the largest proportion of recruitment of legal professionals. There are 683 positions available for legal professionals to choose from, of which the taxation and customs system recruits the most positions.

As China's social and economic activities gradually become legalized, the regulatory and supervisory roles of government departments such as industrial and commercial administration, taxation, and customs have become increasingly obvious and important. Customs, industrial and commercial administration, taxation and other government administrative law enforcement and economic supervision departments, as well as finance, securities, insurance and other industries have attracted a large number of law graduates in recent years, and will continue to do so in the future.

Legal agencies

Lawyers

Lawyers refer to practitioners who have obtained a lawyer's practicing certificate in accordance with the law, accept entrustment or designation, and provide legal services to parties. His work mainly includes: representing the client in litigation on relevant legal issues; providing legal advice and guidance to the client to protect the client's legal rights and interests; initiating legal actions to defend the client's interests.

Lawyers are an important force in the construction of socialist rule of law. In the current context of China accelerating the transformation of its economic development model, improving the socialist market economic system, and further opening up to the outside world, it is faced with a large number of legal matters, especially in financial securities, high-tech, environmental protection, intellectual property rights, anti-dumping, and countervailing. , antitrust and other fields, there is an urgent need for the intervention of excellent lawyers. However, at present, the structure of China's lawyer team is not reasonable enough, there is a shortage of comprehensive talents, and it cannot meet the demand for lawyers' legal services due to economic development.

There will be a greater demand for lawyers in the following fields for a long time to come:

Public lawyers and corporate lawyers

The so-called public lawyers refer to lawyers with Qualifications or legal professional qualifications, working in government functional departments or departments that perform government functions, or civil servants who have been recruited to the above departments to engage in legal affairs full-time. Different from public lawyers, corporate lawyers are lawyers or legal service professionals established within an enterprise to provide legal services to the enterprise. Although accepting entrustment as a government legal adviser is an important function of social practicing lawyers, due to the particularity and complexity of government management functions and the diversity of social practicing lawyers' own work, the legal services provided by social practicing lawyers have both It has certain advantages but also has certain limitations, making it difficult to meet society’s multi-level and multi-field needs for legal services. Establishing a public and corporate lawyer system and forming a pattern in which social lawyers, public lawyers, corporate lawyers, and military lawyers coexist, cooperate with each other, and complement each other's advantages will become the development trend of China's legal industry in the future.

Foreign-related and financial investment fields

With China's accession to the WTO and the rapid economic development of China's major cities, the eastern economically developed regions and major cities have increasingly closer foreign contacts and exchanges, and many fields have There is a greater demand for lawyers.

Such as shipping, maritime trade, finance, securities, futures, exhibition industry and investment industry, there is considerable room for development. Lawyers are also of great use in the fields of state-owned enterprise reform, labor disputes and employment issues, migrant population issues, and real estate. Due to language issues, a considerable number of lawyers in our country cannot directly communicate and negotiate with foreign businessmen in English, let alone directly go to arbitration tribunals and participate in international litigation or arbitration proceedings in English. The use and mastery of legal English has become the "bottleneck" for my country's lawyers to improve their service levels.

Civil litigation field

There is also a broad scope for providing legal services in many traditional fields, such as divorce proceedings, creditor's rights and debts, etc. With the changes in social atmosphere and concepts, the divorce rate has increased, and there have been more and more divorce lawsuits.

With the development of the economy, the number of creditor and debt disputes between enterprises, between enterprises and individuals, and between individuals is also increasing.

As people's legal awareness increases, the current situation of "it is difficult for ordinary people to file a lawsuit and hire a lawyer" will inevitably change, and the number of lawyers focusing on civil litigation will increase significantly.

Some emerging fields

Nowadays, there are many fields that require the intervention of lawyers, such as trademark agency and tax services, which are currently "blank spots" and are not within the scope of lawyers' business. There are specialized tax lawyers abroad, but the development is slow in China. The business volume of trademark agency is quite large, but currently lawyers cannot get involved. After joining the WTO, the demand for lawyers in many industries is not only for litigation, but also for non-litigation professionals. Talents in professional fields such as anti-dumping, antitrust, investment, financing, investment promotion, and trade risks are in short supply.

Notary Department

Notaries are practitioners who meet the conditions stipulated by law and engage in notarization business in notary institutions. With the implementation of the "Notarization Law of the People's Republic of China", it is determined that my country's notary institutions are established in accordance with the law, not for profit, and independently perform notarial functions and bear civil liability in accordance with the law. Notary institutions are gradually fully integrating with state agencies. Decoupling.

In recent years, as China's notary industry has entered a rapid development track, the annual number of certificates issued nationwide has exceeded 10 million for seven consecutive years, an increase of more than 110 times compared with 1980. There are more than 200 types of notarization matters, and more than 3 million foreign-related notarizations are processed every year, and are sent to more than 100 countries and regions for use. Notarization services such as various civil notarizations, notarization of various acts and documents in the economic field, and foreign-related notarization are gradually penetrating into all aspects of my country's economic and social life. By 2005, China's notary institutions and notarization teams had begun to take shape. 3,162 notary institutions had been established across the country, a five-fold increase over 1980; there were more than 20,000 notary practitioners, a 15-fold increase over 1980. Significant progress has also been made in the professionalization and professionalization of the notary team, and the academic level and legal literacy of notaries have been further improved. At present, college degree or above accounts for 94% of the total number of notaries. A system of selecting notaries from those who have passed the national judicial examination has been implemented. A practice admission, training, assessment, reward and punishment mechanism with notarization characteristics has basically been formed. A scientific, reasonable, flexible and effective employment mechanism and evaluation system have been initially established, and the notary professional group, with practicing notaries as the backbone and notary assistants and auxiliary personnel as supplements, is maturing.

China’s notary service industry will strengthen the construction of notary institutions, improve the organizational system of notarization work, perform notarial duties in accordance with the law, and provide notarial legal services and guarantees for economic and social development. Specifically, during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, my country's notarization work will focus on maintaining stable and rapid growth of the national economy, improving independent innovation capabilities, promoting coordinated development of regional economies, and implementing a mutually beneficial and win-win opening-up strategy. Provide services focusing on maintaining social harmony and stability.

Corporate legal advisors

Corporate legal advisors refer to internal corporate professionals who are qualified as corporate legal advisors and are engaged in corporate legal affairs after being hired by the enterprise and registered with the registration authority. Due to the limitation in the ability of law graduates to accept traditional employment fields in recent years, more and more law students will engage in legal work in companies and serve as legal consultants as another important choice for their employment.

Corporate legal advisory work has developed rapidly with the continuous deepening of China’s economic system reform, especially the establishment of a socialist market economy. In March 1997, the Ministry of Personnel, the State Economic and Trade Commission and the Ministry of Justice jointly promulgated the "Interim Provisions on the Qualification System for Corporate Legal Advisors" and decided to implement the professional qualification system for corporate legal advisors. In May 1997, the State Economic and Trade Commission promulgated the "Measures for the Management of Corporate Legal Advisors" to provide necessary regulations for corporate legal work across the country. At present, there are more than 100,000 people working in corporate legal affairs across the country, and more than 30,000 people have passed the three national professional qualification examinations in 1998, 2000 and 2002 and obtained the qualification of corporate legal advisors. In terms of corporate legal affairs management, some companies have set up specialized corporate legal affairs departments with roughly the same names. Some are called legal affairs departments (or legal advisory offices), and some are called legal departments (or legal offices), etc. Some are first-level departments of the enterprise, and some are second-level departments. There are also companies that only set up full-time corporate legal affairs personnel, with different titles such as legal advisor, legal affairs specialist, legal specialist, legal director, legal secretary, etc.

In different companies, the status of legal affairs work varies. Corporate legal affairs departments or personnel are highly valued by leaders in some companies and have become important consultants for corporate leaders' decision-making. Similarly, as a corporate legal advisor, legal affairs specialist, etc., in terms of professional requirements, some are full-time lawyers, some are part-time lawyers, or legal professionals. In terms of remuneration, some enjoy vice president-level remuneration, some enjoy department manager-level remuneration, some enjoy supervisor-level remuneration, and some only enjoy salesperson remuneration. Naturally, the remuneration varies greatly.

In order to gradually adapt to the requirements of international competition, make decisions in accordance with the law, operate in accordance with the law, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises in accordance with the law, in recent years, relevant national departments began to pilot and promote the general counsel system in key national enterprises in 2002. Most of the pilot enterprises are large or extra-large state-owned and state-controlled enterprises, and their industries involve military industry, civil aviation, petroleum and petrochemicals, electronics, telecommunications, construction, metallurgy, energy, finance, commerce and other fields, and have received positive responses from the majority of enterprises.

Financial field

The financial industry refers to special enterprises that operate financial products, including banking, insurance, trust, securities, leasing and pawn industries. The financial industry has the characteristics of index, monopoly, high risk, benefit dependence and high debt operating characteristics.

The financial laws and regulations system is gradually improving. The payment system has been basically modernized, currency issuance management and anti-counterfeit currency work have been further strengthened, the credit reporting system has been gradually improved, an anti-money laundering system has been initially established, and anti-money laundering working mechanisms and systems have been gradually improved.

The financial industry plays an important role in the national economy, affecting economic development and social stability. It plays the role of optimizing capital allocation and regulating, reflecting and supervising the economy. After nearly two decades of reform, the financial industry has grown at an unprecedented speed and scale. With the steady growth of the economy and the deepening of the reform of the economic and financial systems, the financial industry has bright prospects for development.

In recent years, a large number of law graduates have poured into the market, playing an increasingly important role not only in the traditional judicial field, but also in the financial field, especially in the operation and management of commercial banks. Some law graduates have high overall quality and strong adaptability, and have quickly become the backbone of some financial units. A few outstanding students have even taken leadership positions in the units.

Judging from the situation of commercial bank head offices, the following departments within commercial banks will still have a relatively strong demand for legal professionals in the future, namely: Legal Affairs Department, Compliance Department, Collection and Disposal Department (Credit Granting Department) Execution Department), Credit Management Department, International Business Department, Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department, Office, etc.

For outstanding law students who are interested in engaging in financial legal affairs, working in the financial system can also make a difference and achieve great success.

News and Publishing Industry

Any comprehensive public institution engaged in the interviewing, editing, and distribution of newspapers, magazines, etc., as well as specializing in the supply of news materials, can be called journalism. It can also be said that journalism refers to any comprehensive public institution whose main purpose is to serve the public welfare and provide information to the public through newspapers, news magazines, radio, television, news films and other media.

In recent years, the training of outstanding legal professionals has been positioned with the goal of educating and cultivating legal professional quality. Good legal professional quality enables some law graduates to not only be limited to traditional employment fields. In the field of news communication and publishing industry, law graduates can mainly engage in important jobs such as editors, reporters, program planning, and distribution.