School of Law, Soochow University

Development Strategies and Indicators

I. Major Development Directions

1. Excellence in Teaching
2. Specialized Research

II. Excellence in Teaching (A–D)

A. Cultivating Legal Professionals with Logical and Practical Thinking

Indicators

a1: Strengthen fundamental and internationally oriented legal instruction
a2: Integrate interdisciplinary and managerial competency courses
a3: Fully implement internship-based learning

B. Developing Diverse Legal Professionals

Indicators

b1: Implement modularized and thematic course planning
b2: Design interdisciplinary program tracks
b3: Integrate theory with practical training
b4: Enhance certification-oriented courses and counseling

C. Expanding Students’ International Perspective

Indicators

c1: Offer internationalized courses (including all-English instruction)
c2: Strengthen second foreign language learning
c3: Provide dual-degree and exchange study opportunities
c4: Increase the number of inbound and outbound exchange students
c5: Encourage participation in international events and activities
c6: Strengthen student engagement in international law research centers

D. Developing Integrated and Cross-Disciplinary Research Centers

Indicators

d1: Establish cross-disciplinary research clusters
d2: Deepen specialized projects within legal research centers
d3: Promote cross-disciplinary professional seminars and activities

III. Specialized Research (E–F)

E. Enhancing High-Quality and Substantive International Exchange

Indicators

e1: Expand visiting scholars and international course offerings
e2: Organize international academic conferences
e3: Strengthen faculty and student competencies in international communication

F. Elevating the School’s Academic Research Standing

Indicators

f1: Encourage student participation in academic activities
f2: Support faculty applications for national research grants
f3: Increase publication of scholarly papers in internationally recognized journals
f4: Promote academic book publication
f5: Facilitate impactful and influential academic research projects