On 30th August, the expert argumentation meeting for the declaration of law doctoral point of our college was held online. The meeting was presided over by Professor Ouyang Benqi, Dean of Law School of Southeast University, Professor Lin Wei, President of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Professor Liu Yanhong, Dean of the School of Criminal Justice of China University of Political Science and Law, Professor Zhou Guangquan, Dean of the School of Law of Tsinghua University, Professor Feng Guo, Dean of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of Wuhan University, Professor Peng Chengxin, Dean of the Kay Yuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Professors Meng Hongzhi, Yang Chunfu, and Yang Dengfeng of the Law School of Southeast University attended the meeting as review experts. Professor Meng Hongzhi, Professor Yang Chunfu, and Professor Yang Dengfeng of Southeast University Law School came to give guidance as review experts. Professor Liu Qichuan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Law, Mr Chen Yun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean, Professor Xiong Zhanglin and Professor Shan Pingji, Vice Dean, Associate Professor Ji Yang, Assistant Dean, and members of the Working Group of Doctor of Laws were present at the meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Ouyang Benqi welcomed the presence of the experts and outlined the basic situation of the School's declaration of the Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) programme. The doctoral program in law has entered the scope of the catalogue of doctoral programs established independently by Southeast University, which has laid a good foundation for this declaration.
Professor Liu Qichuan sincerely thanked the attending experts for their presence and guidance, and said that the School has done a lot of preparatory work for the declaration of the Doctor of Laws point. For the experts' suggestions, the School of Law will accept them with an open mind and revise them seriously, hoping that all the teachers will not be stingy with their advice.
Subsequently, Professor Xiong Zhanglin made a report on the application for the new authorisation point of doctoral degree in law. The report mainly started from the three aspects of the construction background, construction characteristics and construction plan of the authorised point of doctoral degree in law, explaining in detail the necessity of the construction of the doctoral degree in law, the construction objectives and the cultivation system of the School, and arguing the relevant guarantees for the cultivation of the doctoral degree in law provided by the faculty of the School, the scientific research, and the allocation of resources of the School.
Next, the experts analysed and commented on the demonstration report of the new authorization point for doctoral degree in law and the application form for the authorization point for doctoral degree in law in turn, and put forward suggestions for modification. The experts fully affirmed the efforts made by our institute for applying for the doctoral degree authorisation point in law and the fruitful results achieved in the early stage. On this basis, the experts gave comprehensive, pertinent and thoughtful suggestions from the perspectives of distinguishing the positioning of doctor of law and doctor of law, highlighting the advantages of combining science and technology disciplines with law in Southeast University, clarifying the cultivation programme and system of doctor of law, and further improving the details of the declaration materials. The experts unanimously agreed that the College of Law of Southeast University has an accurate target positioning for the Doctor of Laws degree, the construction plan is feasible, and the relevant foundation meets the requirements for the cultivation of composite and applied high-level talents in rule of law, which is in line with the basic conditions for the establishment of the doctoral degree in law.
After the discussion, the working group for the declaration of doctor of law degree held a meeting immediately, seriously discussed and analysed the recommendations of the experts, deployed and implemented the relevant modifications, and further improved the declaration materials, in order to deliver a satisfactory answer sheet for this declaration!
(Song Ningwei)