Our country is a country that governs the country according to law. With the increasing awareness of rule of law and democracy in all sectors of society, the entire society's demand for legal majors has continued to grow, making law a popular major, and most of them work in state organs, legal-related institutions and In the unit, a large number of students apply for the exam every year. However, due to the large scale of graduates and the difficulty of the subject itself, the employment situation has been relatively serious in recent years. It has been rated as " red card major " for several consecutive years. The employment rate continues to decline, which has brought confusion to many students and parents. There is no choice when applying for the exam.
So, is the law major worth applying for? How can I find a satisfactory job after graduation? How about the income? Read down with the editor.
01 Law graduates are large in scale and the employment situation is severe
According to the latest release of the Ministry of Education's " Undergraduate Majors Directory of General Colleges and Universities , law is one of the 12 current colleges and universities in my country. A discipline category has six first-level discipline categories: study, political science, sociology, ethnology, , Marxist theory, and public security study. Among them, the undergraduate majors in law include law, intellectual property, prison, credit risk, management and legal prevention and control, international economic and trade rules, and judicial police and other majors.
We take the law major as an example to see how employment, salary, application and admission are.
. The overall employment rate is low
There are many undergraduate colleges in my country that offer law majors, and there are more than . Because the law major is a major that is both liberal arts and science, many students apply for the exam every year, and the number of graduates continues to increase. However, because the law major is very compatible when it is employed, Students with poor professional knowledge in ordinary colleges are frequently blocked when it is employed .
According to the "2021 China Undergraduate Employment Report", the employment rate of 020 law students after graduation was 83.6%, ranking low among all subject categories and lower than the national undergraduate employment rate (picture below).
However, due to the particularity of the law major, If the student graduates with a good school, solid professional ability, can further study or pass the relevant judicial examination, his employment prospects will be very good .
There are several factors that affect graduate employment:
First, if law graduates want to work as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, etc., they must pass the national unified legal professional qualification examination, but the pass rate is extremely low, which affects students' employment.
Second, graduates tend to find employment in government agencies, public security, procuratorial and judicial institutions. Due to limited positions, hundreds of people will compete for one position among civil servants, which will inevitably lead to the elimination of most graduates.
Third, due to the large number of graduates from other majors entering the legal industry, the already fierce competition has become more severe. In addition, the pass rate of graduates who study for self-study laws also accounts for a considerable proportion, resulting in a larger scale of graduates from law majors and employment difficulty.
No. 2. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the economy is in a downturn, and the recruitment of new companies such as law firms with large employment volumes is restricted.
. The employment ratio of graduates in government agencies or institutions increases
In the employment industry, graduates can choose to specialize in state organs, enterprises and institutions, social groups, special people's courts , procuratorial organs, public security organs, government organs, law Political institutions, notarization departments, judicial organs, arbitration institutions, and legal service institutions, , can also choose to engage in teaching and other work in colleges and universities or scientific research institutions.
According to the survey, the employment ratio of 020 law majors in government institutions or other public institutions has increased significantly, an increase of 3-4 percentage points from 2019, which is mainly related to the expansion of the number of graduates taking the public exam .
According to the statistical analysis of Academic Bridge , the proportion of graduates who choose to find employment in the consulting service industry is 9.2%. The work units include law firms, accounting firms and other institutions; they choose to work in the public management, social security and social organization industries; they choose to work in the public management, social security and social organization industries There is 7%, including public security, procuratorial and judicial organs at all levels. Other industries with high proportion include finance, culture, sports and entertainment, leasing and business services, etc. However, the most mainstream jobs for law graduates are still corporate legal affairs, lawyers and civil servants; in recent years, legal examinations and postgraduate entrance examination training, and related self-media have also become the emerging destinations for students.
From the perspective of regional employment proportion, national law major graduates have employed 16.8% in Beijing, 8.5% in Shanghai, 7.5% in Shenzhen, and 6.1% in Guangzhou. Overall, economically developed regions have higher demand for legal talents .
In the career development of the law major, it can be roughly classified into 6 development paths, namely: legal direction, legal direction, education direction, civil servant direction, procuratorial direction, judge direction , etc.
Take three of the paths as an example to see its development.
1 Legal Direction Career Development History
Legal Direction is one of the most mainstream jobs for law graduates. The student graduated from Zhengzhou University with a major in law. After graduation, he joined a investment company, , and later promoted to legal supervisor and legal director. He has graduated for 7 years and currently has an annual salary of 200,000 yuan.
This direction requires students to have strong learning ability and many years of legal work experience, and also need to obtain a legal professional qualification certificate.
2 Legal direction Career development history
Legal direction is also one of the most mainstream jobs for law graduates, and the requirements for graduates are also very high. Student graduating with a master's degree from East China University of Political Science and Law. After graduation, he entered a real estate company to serve as a legal position in a company for two years, and went to a law firm to work as a legal consultant, lawyer and other positions. His current annual salary is 220,000 yuan.
This development path requires students to have a solid legal foundation and have a lawyer's professional certificate, a legal professional qualification certificate, etc.
3 Procuratorial direction Career development history
This student Liaoning University Master of Law graduates, and after graduation, he served as an assistant to the prosecutor of the procuratorate, and was promoted to prosecutor three years later, with an annual salary of 300,000 yuan.
In addition to having a solid legal foundation, this path also requires passing the judicial examination before entering the procuratorate system.
To sum up, we can see that no matter which direction of career development is engaged in, it requires a solid professional foundation, the ability and perseverance to continue to take the postgraduate entrance examination, doctoral entrance examination, and lawyer-related certificates. It is very difficult to enter the procuratorate, court and other systems, and to pass the national judicial examination. It is recommended that students plan their future well in college or even in high school.
. The proportion of postgraduate studies in law is about 20%. It is recommended to take the legal professional qualification examination
In the past two years, the expansion of master's enrollment is one of the important measures for the country to respond to the epidemic. While stabilizing employment, it also provides future economic development and industry. Upgrading and reserve high-level talents. Due to the characteristics of many graduates in law majors, high professional requirements and strong counterparts, the proportion of undergraduate graduates in law majors who choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination is not low.
As shown in the figure below, in the 2018-2020 undergraduate graduate study ratio, law ranked fourth, and the proportion of postgraduate entrance examinations in the past three years is about 0%.
From the perspective of graduate school majors, among the top ten major distribution ratios of majors in 2020, ranked seventh in the law major .
In addition, students of law majors recommend taking the National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination (formerly judicial examination). This is an important examination for engaging in law-related professions. Not only lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and notaries need to pass the examination. , staff engaged in the review of administrative penalty decisions, administrative reconsideration, and administrative rulings, as well as legal counsel and legal arbitrators, also need to take and pass the examination.
According to the new policy of the 2020 National Unified Legal Vocational Qualification Examination, candidates with illegal undergraduate majors who enrolled before April 28, 2018 can register for the legal professional qualification examination; full-time illegal undergraduate students who enrolled after April 8, 2018 can register for the legal professional qualification examination; full-time illegal undergraduate students who enrolled after April 8, 2018 You need to obtain a master's degree or have been engaged in legal work for three years before you can apply for the legal exam. The introduction of the provisions on
has relatively high advantages in employment for law students.
02 The average salary is not low, and its income and increase are in the middle ranks
Law graduates are the average monthly salary of 2.9k. Among them, senior positions such as legal director have higher monthly salary, while junior positions such as legal specialist, legal assistant, and paralegal assistant have lower monthly salary. (data comes from the Academic Bridge Major Exploration System)
Judging from the monthly salary and increase in graduates after half a year, three years or five years of graduation, The income and increase in law majors belong to the middle ranks , as shown in the figure below:
018- The monthly income of graduates from various subjects in 2020 is half a year (Part 2) Figure)
017 undergraduate graduates’ monthly income and increase after three years (below)
015 undergraduate graduates’ monthly income and increase after five years (below)
03 Which colleges and universities are worth applying for? How many points can I apply for this major?
. What is " Fifth College Four Departments "? The new legal talent training model is online
Among the political and legal colleges in China, the most famous one belongs to the "five colleges and four departments", namely five political and legal colleges ( China University of Political Science and Law , Southwest University of Political Science and Law , Northwest University of Political Science and Law , Central South University of Finance and Economics , East China University of Political Science and Law ) and the law departments of four universities have now been changed to the School of Law ( Peking University Law School , Renmin University Law School , Jilin University Law School, Wuhan University Law School ). These prestigious schools are the best colleges and majors in politics and law-related majors, which bring together the best talents in this field and export a lot of legal-related talents to the society.
It is worth mentioning that in recent years, in order to cultivate high-end legal talents, some schools have reformed the legal talent training model and comprehensively strengthened the practical teaching process. Such as "Law Experimental Class" of China University of Political Science and Law, , , Southwest University of Political Science and Law, "Double Bachelor's Degree Program ", etc.
China University of Political Science and Law’s “Law Experimental Class” aims to cultivate senior legal professional talents, implements the reform of the “six-year legal talent training model”, and awards a master’s degree in law after completing six years of study.
Southwest University of Political Science and Law has a cross-integration training model, which is also divided into "Law + Criminal Science and Technology ", "Law + English", "Law + Audit ", and "Law + Business Administration " After completing the special talent training program, students can award the Bachelor's Degree Certificate of Law and Literature , with the academic qualifications of law and the degree is "Law + Literature" Double Degree . Students who are interested in applying can pay more attention to the school's Admissions information.
. How many points can I get to study for law major?
In the fourth round of subject evaluation, there are 100 schools in law majors that were rated as A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C-.
We 87 colleges were selected from 100 colleges and universities, and the Take the minimum admission score line and admission ranking of the law majors of these schools in 2018, 2019 and 2020 at in Henan Province to see how many points you can apply for the major. (Note: Different colleges and universities divide the majors differently, some Colleges and universities recruit students according to the major category of law, but they belong to the law major. )
You can see from the figure below that these 87 colleges and universities have passed by in the past. The scores of law majors in Henan Province for three years have been maintained at a relatively high level, and the requirements for students' learning ability are very high. Especially for some double first-class schools, the admission scores are very high, and students must apply for more Refer to previous admission scores and ranks.
Henan Province "Law Major" 2018, 2019, 2020
minimum admission score line and ranking
Author: Xiao Mo
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