On the morning of May 7, the inaugural meeting and the first reading and sharing session of "Alumni Knowledge Book Club" initiated by alumni of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law was successfully held in Beijing King&Capital Law Firm.
King&Capital Honorary Director Mr. Tian Wenchang, Director Mr. Zhu Yonghui, Managing Partner and CEO Mr. Chu Changzhi, Senior Partner Mr. Huang Yajun, Partner Mr. Zhang Xiaofeng, Mr. Li Mingzhen, Brand Manager Ms. Sheng Xiaodan, and Assistant Lawyer Mr. Wang Siyu, and other people from King&Capital attended the meeting to congratulate Northwest University of Political Science and Law on the official establishment of "Alumni Knowledge Book Club" in King&Capital Law Firm. King&Capital Law Firm was formally established.
Mr. Liu Jiahao from the Alumni Association of Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Mr. Cheng Xianghui, President of Beijing Alumni Association, and representatives of alumni such as Mr. Xing Lixin, Mr. Jing Yuxuan, Mr. Cao Zhen, Mr. Wang Zhengyu, Mr. Yue Dongran, Mr. Wang Shuyao, and Mr. Zou Han, etc. took part in the activity. The event was hosted by one of the initiators of the book club, Class of 1988 alumnus Jing Yuxuan.
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The first part of the event was the inaugural meeting of the book club. The first part was the announcement of the inauguration of the book club by Mr. Tian Wenchang and his speech. Mr. Tian Wenchang opened the meeting with the question "Who invented sheet music?" Mr. Tian introduced the topic with a question. As a scholarly lawyer recognized in the industry, an industry leader with 12 years of teaching experience and 28 years of law practice, and a college senior admired by the students of Xifa University, Mr. Tian recounted a few short stories from his youth, revealing the important role of persistent reading and writing in his great achievements, and letting everyone in the audience understand the meaning of reading for life. Mr. Tian Wenchang's speech was very interesting.
Mr. Tian Wenchang's witty and humorous speech eliminated the nervousness and constraints of the first meeting, and quickly drew the alumni closer to each other.
Mr. Tian Wenchang announcing the establishment of the book club
The second session was the self-introduction of the participants, 1985 alumni, King&Capital Law Firm lawyer Huang Yajun was the first to speak, she said that it was a very good thing to study together with the younger siblings. Immediately afterward, Class of 1988 alumnus, Mr. Xing Lixin, a lawyer from Hairun Tianrui Law Firm, and Mr. Tian Wenchang engaged in a lawyer-judge style Q&A, which drew laughter from the audience. The next speaker was Yue Dongran, alumnus of 2016 and the best debater of the 17th LILC Cup, who was thrilled to meet Mr. Tian Wenchang, the judge of the final of the LILC Cup, and to be able to report her study to him at hand.
The third session was to introduce the initiation and preparation of the book club. The host Jing Yuxuan introduced that "Alumni Book Club" was founded by Tian Wenchang, Zhao Xudong, Zhao Jun, Xing Lixin, Jing Yuxuan, Liang Yali, Yue Dongran, Gao Yuzhe, Wang Shuyao, Zou Han and other alumni under the care and guidance of the Party Committee and the General Committee of Alumni of the Alma Mater to commemorate the third anniversary of the victory of the title defense of the "Lili Cup" of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law. The team was founded to commemorate the third anniversary of the "Lilu Cup" of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law by alumni. From November 2022 to May 2023, which lasted half a year, after the preparation period and the epidemic unsealed staggered, constantly delayed, constantly restarted the test, Yue Dongran, Gao Yuzhe, Zou Han and other excellent debaters of the "Lilu Cup", took the initiative to undertake from the launch of the Declaration of the Book Club, the rules of the Book Club activities to the selection of the annual recommended reading list of all the work, in order to cooperate with the "Lilu Cup", and the "Lilu Cup". In order to connect with the alumni who "insist on reading, concentrate on writing and love debating" in the time and space of the book club, not forgetting the original intention of the readers and repaying the cultivation of the alma mater.
Host of the book club, Ms. Jing Yuxuan
The fourth session was the reading of the book club declaration and activity rules. Mr. Yue Dongran read out the declaration of the book club entitled "The Sense of Rigor and the Use of Reading": "There is no such thing as a person who is thicker than he is thin, and there is no such thing as a person who is thicker than he is thin. This is the essence of knowledge, and this is the most important thing to know."
The "Alumni Knowledge Book Club" has always been aiming at "inheriting the spirit of Rigaku, pursuing the true meaning of law, and exploring the fundamentals of cognition", and embracing every Xifa student who loves reading.
Yue Dongran reading the declaration of the Reading Club
Wang Shuyao, a 2016 alumnus, read out the "Northwestern University of Political Science and Law Alumni Knowledge-based Reading Club" Activity Rules (Draft for Opinion)", soliciting opinions from alumni on the nature and purpose of the reading club, organizational structure and membership registration, and the specific operation rules of the reading club.
Wang Shuyao reading out the rules of the book club.
In the fifth session, the representative of Northwest University of Political Science and Law Alumni Association and the president of Beijing Alumni Association came to congratulate the reading of the congratulatory letter from the student representative, Mr. Zhao Xudong.
Mr. Liu Jiahao from the Alumni Association of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law read a letter to the Alumni Book Club of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law on behalf of the leadership of the alma mater and the Alumni Association. The letter reads: "Alumni are the most valuable wealth and resources of the university, and alumni organizations and alumni activities are the bridge and link between the alma mater and alumni. The Alumni Knowledge Book Club of Xifa University gives full play to its role as a communication platform, sharing platform and liaison platform, and provides a high-quality platform for reading and communication for the majority of Xifa University alumni who love reading, writing and debating activities. The Chinese people have been advocating reading since ancient times, and "respecting words and paper" is one of the traditional virtues of Chinese culture, which deserves to be inherited and carried forward by us today. ......"
Mr. Liu Jiahao from Northwest University of Political Science and Law reading out the congratulatory letter.
Mr. Liu Jiahao from the Alumni Association
Mr. Cheng Xianghui, President of Beijing Alumni Association, highly affirmed the inaugural meeting of the Reading Club in Beijing, which was mainly initiated by the Beijing alumni. He said that in today's frenetic society, alumni can voluntarily organize themselves to read quietly and explore the mission and issues of the rule of law process, which fully reflects the spirit of NWCLU's motto: "Spirit of the Rule of Law, China's Stance, International Perspective, and Civilian Sentiment". This fully reflects the spirit of the University's motto: "Spirit of the Rule of Law, Chinese Position, International Perspective, Common Sense". It is commendable to promote emotional communication among alumni in this way of "cultivating the mind by reading and meeting friends by books".
Beijing Alumni Association expresses its deep gratitude to King&Capital Law Firm and Mr. Tian Wenchang for their great support to "Alumni Knowledge Book Club", as well as the blessings from the leaders and teachers of the alma mater.
Northwest University of Political Science and Law
Mr. Cheng Xianghui, President of Beijing Alumni Association
As the instructor of the champion team of the two consecutive "Lilu Cup" National University Mock Trial Competition, the initiator of the reading club and the leader of the first reading club, Mr. Zhao Xudong, who could not be present at the meeting due to his work, wrote a congratulatory letter "Using books as a ladder to learn the truth" in the late night of May 6, which was read aloud by Zou Han on behalf of the benefactor, and the letter reads: "Argumentation is the condensation of knowledge and wisdom, is the courage and talent show, argumentation and reading has a natural connection between each participant in the argumentation are well versed in the meaning of reading, Northwest University of Political Science and Law team won the "Lilu Cup" champion's journey is the best proof. The establishment of the book club is the fruit of the debate. The establishment of the book club is the selfless dedication of alumni. The establishment of the book club is a blessing for law students."
Mr. Zhao Xudong at the final of the 2019 Lilu Cup
XLU debaters Yue Dongran and Gao Yuzhe.
Reading and Sharing
The next part of the event was reading and sharing.
Members of the preparation team had a hard time choosing books for the first reading session, and finally chose "Elegant Debate" and "Criminal Defense Course (Theory)". After reading these two books in depth, we found that the choice of these two books is not only coincidental, but also has a deep commemorative significance for the book club.
Tian Wenchang and Zhao Xudong, the two leaders of the first reading session, are the primary initiators of the Alumni Book Club. One of them is the judge of the final round of the 2019 Liliu Cup, and the other is the instructor of the Liliu Cup for many years. 2019 Liliu Cup competition is the first year of the Liliu Cup. This is the first time in the history of "LiLi Cup" that a criminal case was used as the topic of the competition, and it is also a moot court debate competition that Mr. Tian Wenchang was invited to be a judge after many years.
As lawyers graduated from Xifa University, Mr. Tian Wenchang and Mr. Zhao Xudong, with their profound professional knowledge, rich humanistic cultivation, elegant speech and manners, and firm and introverted spiritual temperament, had a profound influence on the debaters and alumni of Xifa University both on and off the court.
Judges at the 17th Lilu Cup National University Moot Court Competition Champion and Runner-up Finals
The second from the right is the judge, Mr. Tian Wenchang
"What is Elegant Debate?"
Elegant Debate" is a debate monograph recommended by Mr. Zhao Xudong to the team members during the 2019 Liliu Cup Competition, in which he believes the spirit of the Liliu Tournament is embedded, and the concept is full of his high hopes for the debaters.
"How to Do Elegant Debating?"
Criminal Defense Tutorial (Theory) is a set of criminal defense monographs edited by Mr. Tian Wenchang, which was just published in 2023. It is a masterpiece that combines many years of practice and research results of the criminal defense team and research team led by him, condenses the exploratory trajectory of the whole industry's development, and has practical guidance significance for practitioners, and this set of books is a practical manual for exploring how criminal defense lawyers can debate elegantly. This book is a practical handbook for exploring how criminal defense lawyers can argue elegantly.
Reading and Sharing Scene of the First Book Club
The speeches of the alumni guests were brilliant.
Mr. Zhang Xiaofeng from King&Capital Law Firm, an alumnus of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law in 2000, is one of the authors of the book Criminal Defense Tutorial (Theory), and he vividly recounted his experience of repeatedly revising Chapter 8 of the book, "Lawyers' Investigating and Obtaining Evidence", and the attitude of striving for excellence throughout the writing of the book.
Wang Siyu is a master of law of Northwest University of Political Science and Law, class of 2018, as the assistant of lawyer Tian Wenchang, from the day he went to work, he put into the polishing of the book, he is familiar with every author, every chapter, every word.
Attorney Li Mingzhen, a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Class of 2015, shared how her mentor, Attorney Yali Liang, practiced every step and every piece of content illustrated in the book as she guided her to become a qualified attorney.
King&Capital law firms lawyers, the sharing meeting to the first wave of the climax, everyone voluntarily front of the book giving session, they have taken the book to run to the front of Mr. Tian Wenchang lined up to sign the book.
Mr. Tian prepared Elvis Presley durians for everyone, and the preparatory team prepared exquisite refreshments for everyone, which the alumni enjoyed.
Taking a break and enjoying the exquisite refreshments
After a short break, the sharing session started with the speeches of two elder sisters on the "Elegant Debate of Female Lawyers".
Ms. Xing Lixin was the first one to speak, and her five points of insightful discussion showed her profound theoretical background and rich practical experience, winning the applause of the audience. Across from her, lawyer Huang Yajun quoted her fourth point to express her parsing of her sister's viewpoint, "Elegance is all about temperature and attitude!" This kind of mutual appreciation, you and me sharing, set off another small climax of the reading club.
Mr. Tian Wenchang joined them in the conversation, recounting how a public prosecutor once praised a certain female lawyer in front of him, and when everyone was wondering who he was talking about? He slowly mentioned the name of this person, she is the lawyer of King&Capital Law Firm, Liang Yali, as a mentor of his kind of pride in this moment.
Cao Zhen from Mingya Insurance, an alumnus of the class of 2000, took a look at the style of lawyers of her classmates. She was infected by the atmosphere of the scene as she bravely changed the track in the workplace and climbed up to the peak of her career, and said emotionally that she rekindled her dream of becoming a lawyer.
Yue Dongran, who was guaranteed a place at Tsinghua University, is graduating this year. Recalling the unforgettable match against Southwest University of Political Science and Law in the winter of 2019, when she couldn't help but get anxious during the debate, Mr. Zhao Xudong stomped his foot underneath to remind her, which instantly reminded her of what her teacher had repeatedly told her, "Debate is about reasoning, not quarreling," and she immediately realized that her emotions were interfering with her expression, so she quickly returned to a state of slow reasoning. She instantly realized that her emotions had interfered with her expression and quickly returned to a state of slow reasoning.
Zou Han, the champion of "Lilu Cup", is currently a second-year student at the School of Criminal Law of Jilin University. He traveled from Changchun to Beijing to attend this book club in order to fulfill his dream of meeting his life idol, Barrister Tian Wenchang. He told his seniors that the most common mistake he made as a defender was that he cared about his own story and did not listen patiently enough to his opponents. After reading the book "Criminal Defense Tutorial (Theory)", he thought it was a masterpiece with pioneering significance for the systematic training of lawyers. He said that this book not only crosses the ancient and modern, but also based on the present; not only focusing on the protection of rights and interests and ethics and morality of this macro-issue, but also the whole process of criminal defense as a framework to build up a micro-system, criminal defense lawyers in practice may encounter problems can be sought in the book to guide and answer.
Wang Shuyao, who has been admitted to China University of Political Science and Law, said, "The content of the book Elegant Debate is a great inspiration for debaters, telling us that we should pay attention to managing our emotions in the process of debating with others, and that the focus of the argument should be on thinking about logic and facts. After listening to the sharing of today's teachers, I also have a deeper understanding of the lawyer's profession, realizing that the value of lawyers lies in not only the objective facts, the application of the law, but also take into account the rationality, emotion, social justice, public order and morals to explain the law, to prove the point of view, and ultimately to achieve the purpose of the litigation or defense, and to truly solve the problem."
Lawyer Tian Wenchang told everyone in this regard that debate is a kind of language art, and learning to listen is more important than telling.
Mr. Cheng Xianghui shared that the Northwest Politics and Law students in their era loved reading to the extent that they were hungry for it, but reading to the extent that Mr. Tian Wenchang had such a wide range of knowledge, deep memory, and wisdom in applying it was an unattainable realm, which was worth studying and pursuing for every one of them.
When she gave "Elegant Debate" as a Christmas gift to the defending champion team of "Lilu Cup" in 2019, she recalled that she hoped that her siblings would not debate for the sake of debating, and that "the true meaning of debating does not lie in the identification of right and wrong but in the mitigation of speech and the avoidance of distortion, and that the highest level of debating does not lie in the level of winning or losing but in the level of success or failure. The highest level of debate is not to win or lose but to make people think deeply and reach a compromise with an open mind", and to study for the sake of understanding. Three years later, when we finally met the best spokesman of "elegant debate", President Tian Wenchang, by reading around the table, it was the happiness of "dreaming into reality"!
Wang Zhengyu, a 2006 alumnus, studied criminal law in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and as a practicing lawyer, he treasured the opportunity to ask the university president a question on the spot. He was very concerned about the confidentiality of evidence in the process of lawyers' handling of cases, and the university president positively answered his question, which led to a heated discussion on the topic among lawyers on the spot.
The power of example is infinite, the influence of reading is great, and the happiness of sharing is unspeakable. As the time was approaching noon, the atmosphere of the meeting was getting more and more free and relaxed, everyone continued to ask Mr. Tian Wenchang the questions that had been brewing in their hearts for a long time, and competed to speak freely, without realizing that the time had passed, and the book club turned from a sharing meeting into a master class.
Speaking freely without realizing the passage of time
Finally, the host announced that Yue Dongran, Zou Han and Wang Shuyao, on behalf of all the members of the 17th "LIL Cup", presented flowers to Tian Wenchang, Cheng Xianghui and Xing Lixin, who had given them help and support, to express their gratitude!
Awarding of the Champion of the 17th "Lilu Cup" National University Moot Court Competition
Representatives of 2019 Lilu Cup team members
Presenting flowers to their teachers Tian Wenchang, Cheng Xianghui and Xing Lixin.
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