Study on the Off-campus Base Construction of Innovative Experimental Areas for Legal Talent Cultivation
XU Hui-juan · Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research · 2014
The off-campus base construction of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation is a new field that is totally different from the theoretical teaching of ordinary colleges and has its own distinct characteristics. The off-campus bases of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation should regard cultivating professional legal talents as their major objective, and the course arrangement, base construction, software and hardware construction, etc. should be carried out ion the basis of this idea, so as to achieve the effective connection between legal theoretical and practice courses and form a favorable occupational atmosphere. The national education development plan requires to vigorously cultivate students' spirit and thinking of innovation and improve their abilities of practice, creation and entrepreneurship. In order to persist in the employment-oriented direction, it is required to continuously update the teaching contents, improve the education and teaching methods and enhance learners' abilities of practice, vocation and employment. Therefore, the author explores the issue about off-campus base construction of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation, centering on how to cultivate legal talents' practical ability, vocational skills and employability. I. Basic characteristics of off-campus bases of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation The first one is the practicality. This is a basic characteristic that the off-campus bases of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation should be equipped with. The off-campus bases should assume this function as it is one of the major sites for guiding learners' practical teaching and internship. The second one is the openness. This requires that the off-campus bases of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation should not operate in an enclosed way, but strengthen the connection with other groups, organizations and the society, practically enrich and improve the practical teaching through such connection, and assume the function of cultivating off-campus talents on the basis of cultivating in-college talents. The third one is the technicality. Considering that the training contents should be advanced, the off-campus base construction of innovative experimental areas for legal talent cultivation should lay emphasis on the technicality that the practical teaching should be equipped with. The reasonable application of advanced technologies and equipment can provide high-quality services for legal practical teaching and legal talent cultivation. The fourth one is the specialization. In the training course of the law major, the off-campus bases assuming the practical training task must have corresponding qualifications, so as to provide support for students' practice in terms of law major.