National Young Criminal Defense Lawyers Forum and Youth Training Camp Held in Beijing with a Full House
In recent years, the issue of young lawyers' growth has attracted much attention from the outside world, and the career development of young criminal defense lawyers is a pain point in the industry. 2024 National Young Criminal Defense Lawyers Forum and Youth Training Camp was held at the Millennium Hotel in Beijing from August 24th to 25th, which was jointly organized by the Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and the Kyoto King&Capital Ying Club for Young Lawyers. The event was jointly organized by Beijing Kyoto Law Firm and Kyoto KING Young Lawyers “Jing” Club. As one of the few professional forums focusing on the vertical track of young criminal defense lawyers in China, more than 200 young lawyers from more than 16 provinces gathered together to focus on the professional growth of young criminal defense lawyers, discuss how to improve their professionalism and influence in the context of the new era, and exchange in-depth information on the defense strategies for cybercrime and plea bargaining cases, as well as the business expansion of artificial intelligence for young criminal defense lawyers. The conference will provide a new professional perspective on criminal defense.
On the same day, Tian Wenchang, honorary director of King&Capital Law Firm and honorary president of Northwest University of Political Science and Law's Advanced Institute of Criminal Defense, Min Chunlei, professor and doctoral scholar of Jilin University, Wu Hongqi, researcher and doctoral scholar of Peking University, Liu Pinxin, professor and doctoral scholar of Renmin University of China, Li Huaisheng, associate professor and doctoral scholar of China University of Political Science and Law, Zhu Yonghui, director of King&Capital Law Firm, Xiao Shuwei, secretary of Party Committee of King&Capital Law Firm, and Xiao Shuwei, Associate Professor of University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Men Jinling, Managing Partner and CEO of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, Chu Changzhi, Senior Partners of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, Peng Jiyue, Nie Sufang, Niu Xingli, Wang Xintong, Xia Jun, Xu Ying, Zhu YaLin, Wang Zaikui, Tang Jianbin, Sun Guangzhi, and Weng Xiaoping attended the forum and participated in the speeches.
Chu Changzhi, Managing Partner and CEO of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, is giving an opening speech
“Here I would like to borrow an old saying to open our event: since ancient times, heroes have been young men, and they return from a hundred battles to study again.” Chu Changzhi, Managing Partner and CEO of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, in his opening speech, sincerely welcomed the young lawyers attending the event. He said that young lawyers are the rising stars of the legal profession, is the maintenance of justice, the pursuit of fairness where hope, they not only have the courage to charge in the courtroom, but also in the actual battle after the quiet mind, in-depth study of laws and regulations, explore the theoretical frontiers, to enhance their own professionalism and comprehensive ability, I hope that the attorneys at the meeting to learn from each other, mutual inspiration, to strengthen the business skills, in-depth cooperation and exchange, and to explore the diversity of linkage mode, contribute to the development and growth of the lawyer profession.
Zhu Yonghui, Director of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, delivered a speech on the spot.
On behalf of King&Capital Law Firm, Mr. Zhu Yonghui, Director of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, welcomed the young lawyers from all over the country. He summarized the forum with three words: youth, criminal defense and nationwide, “This is an event for criminal defense lawyers, criminal defense is the laurel of lawyers' business, which is related to the client's freedom, life and property, and there is no doubt that criminal defense is the most top-notch and top-end legal service; more than 200 elite lawyers from 16 provinces and cities of the country, all of whom are in the same classroom to exchange ideas for the growth and development of young lawyers, and to exchange ideas for the growth and development of young lawyers,” he said. growth and development of young lawyers to exchange ideas and share experiences; the protagonists attending this event are all our young lawyers, overflowing with youthful vigor, full of youthful energy, representing infinite possibilities.” He believes that through the forum, it can promote young lawyers from all over the world to enhance their understanding, deepen their friendship, improve their criminal defense skills and standards, and jointly dedicate their due strength to the construction of the rule of law for the country.
Speech by Tian Wenchang, Honorary Director of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and Honorary Dean of the Institute of Advanced Criminal Defense at Northwestern University of Political Science and Law
“Chinese lawyers have gone through more than 40 years since the restoration and reconstruction in 1979, and since there is no history and no inheritance, all of our predecessors are groping their way forward, so we can't talk about the formalization of the practice of law.” Tian Wenchang, honorary director of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and honorary dean of the Institute for Advanced Research in Criminal Defense of Northwestern University of Political Science and Law, talked in his speech about the realization of lawyer specialization, which requires strong theoretical background on the one hand, and vocational skills training on the other. In addition to understanding the ins and outs of the law, it is also necessary to focus on learning the principles, principles, and concepts of jurisprudence, and to understand the knowledge of related disciplines, but also to receive training in professional skills, through the participatory training model, the organic combination of hands-on training, exercises, and critiques, so as to discover problems and find ways to systematically improve their criminal defense skills through self-exposure. “The combination of both theory and practice will enable us to embark on the path of criminal defense skills specialization faster.”
Mr. Peng Jiyue, senior partner of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and partner-in-charge of King&Capital's Criminal Practice Department 3, is sharing
How can young lawyers develop locally and nationally? Mr. Peng Jiyue, Senior Partner of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and Partner-in-Charge of the Third Department of Criminal Practice of King&Capital, mentioned in his sharing that young lawyers are the backbone of the legal profession, but they often face a lot of confusions and challenges at the early stage of their career development. King&Capital lawyers have always been concerned about the growth of young lawyers, how to forge a mature training program for young lawyers is a question that King&Capital lawyers have been thinking about. This forum is an exploration, hope to help young lawyers to break the career bottleneck, explore a fast road to help young lawyers development! PengJiYue lawyers think, professional is the foundation of young lawyers to establish a firm footing, no matter when to professionalism and dedication to win recognition, get praise and popularity; at the same time, young lawyers should be courageous to take the first step, and look for opportunities to go out to broaden their horizons, which is the key to career to the next level; young lawyers also need to establish their own regional business card, show themselves, sharpen themselves, and the country's lawyers to make friends, and together to Discuss the development of the profession, strengthen business cooperation, and seek greater development of the legal community. This forum is a link, connecting the friendship of lawyers from all over the world; it is also a starting line, providing a better starting point for young lawyers! It is also a stage for young lawyers to show their talents and speak freely!
Mr. Xiao Shuwei, Secretary of Party Committee of Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, shared the risk prevention of young lawyers' practice.
“I have summarized the practice risk of lawyers, mainly four categories, industry punishment, administrative punishment, civil compensation and criminal punishment.” Beijing King&Capital law firm party secretary Xiao Shuwei had long served as director of the Beijing law association disciplinary committee, he handled lawyers violation cases as a warning, reminding the criminal defense lawyers should pay attention to prevent professional risks, “I summarized nine words: tree rules, fine professional, respect for the customer.” Young lawyers in addition to familiarize with the legal provisions that should be observed in the process of lawyers' practice, but also to play a good theoretical foundation, accumulate experience in handling cases, and respect for the client, work diligently and conscientiously, and the parties to carry out timely and effective communication, so as to do a good job in the prevention and control of risks.
In the two-day forum, a number of experts and scholars, senior lawyers around the career development of young criminal defense lawyers, big data and artificial intelligence how to help young criminal defense lawyers to expand their business, the new era of criminal defense techniques to improve, criminal prosecution law revision proposals and other directions were discussed. Min Chunlei, professor and doctoral fellow of Jilin University, shared his views on “Effective Defense in Guilty Plea and Punishment Cases”; Li Huaisheng, associate professor and doctoral fellow of China University of Political Science and Law, gave a detailed explanation on “Methods and Techniques of Defending Cybercrimes”; Liu Pinxin, professor and doctoral fellow of Renmin University of China, focused on analyzing the positive role of electronic evidence in the defense of innocence; Wu Hongqi, researcher and director of Peking University, Men Jinling, associate professor of China Academy of Social Sciences and other distinguished guests also discussed the development of criminal defense lawyers in the new era. Associate Professor Men Jinling and other guests also shared their insights and experiences.
It is reported that this is the King&Capital KING young lawyers “King” Ying Club Youth Training Camp for the third time, the club aims to create a learning and communication platform for more young lawyers, to realize the depth of knowledge and skills and industry resources link. At present, the club has attracted hundreds of young lawyers to join, and provides young lawyers with vocational training, business exchanges and other comprehensive empowerment on a daily basis.
