Professor Liu Zhihui from the School of Juris Master of CUPL was invited to give a lecture on the Ideal Interaction between Postgraduate Students and Supervisors to the teaching faculty of the College on Xueyuanlu Campus on the afternoon of 27 Nov, 2019.

This lecture was also the fourth lecture in the series of Training Session for Postgraduate Supervisors. It was hosted by the Director of the China-American Law Institute.A/Prof. Feng Kai.

During the lecture, Liu Zhihui had an exchange with the teachers of the college in three aspects, the status quo of the relationship between postgraduates and their supervisors, the pattern of this relationship, and the reflection on the relationship.

First of all, Liu shared her experience of reading the literature on the status quo of the relationship between postgraduates and their supervisor. Then, Liu showed presently the most common pattern of the relationship between the two. She said that in the eyes of teachers, postgraduates are divided into excellent personality type, pessimistic type, easy-going type; while, in the eyes of students, teachers are divided into parental type, boss type and pedant type. Finally, through an example of dissertation writing, Liu pointed out that the relationship between supervisors and students still needs to be further improved, and that the supervisors should constantly reflect to promote the exchange between teachers and students.

At the end of the lecture, the audiences and Liu had an exchange and discussion on certain content of the lecture.