College faculty members and students who are studying French law had a friendly exchange with Prof. Danièle Bourcier from the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and Prof. Denis Mouralis from the Aix-Marseille Université, who were invited to attend the Second World Forum of Jurists held by CUPL, on Haidian Campus on 16 May, 2024.
Prof. Bourcier is the Head of the Department of Techniques of Law and Governance of the Research Centre for Administration Sciences (CERSA) of the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), and Prof. Mouralis is from the Law School of the Aix-Marseille Université. They held an in-depth discussion on Bourcier's speech in the main forum, the Cultivation of Compound Law Talents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, on the day.
During the time period of their stay, Prof. Mouralis gave a lecture on the French Arbitration Law to the students on 17 May. Student Liu Honglin and Zeng Wanxin, year 2023 entering postgraduate students from the Internationalised Legal Talents Experimental Class Programme (Country Law-French Law) of the College, actively participated in the lecture and discussed the uniqueness of French arbitration law with Mouralis. In the course of the exchange between the teachers and students of the College and two French professors, student Mo Qingwen who is also from the programme and Zeng Wanxin provided Chinese/French translation of legal terms with the advantage of professional training of ‘French + Law’, reducing the language barrier in academic communication between the two sides.
After the academic exchange, student Mo and Zeng led the two French professors on a tour of the Summer Palace and the Badaling Great Wall, showcasing the beauty of Chinese ancient architecture to foreign professors and talking about the wisdom contained in the China's excellent traditional culture. The two professors expressed their appreciation for the language and academic abilities of the students.
The ’Foreign Language + Law’ compound talents trained by the Internationalised Legal Talents Experimental Class Programme of the College can not only promote the deepening of cultural exchanges between China and France, but also consolidate the ties of academic exchanges between China and French law community, enhancing the study of French law in China and the study of Chinese law in France.