At noon on August 31, 2023, the diversion meeting for the 2021 undergraduate students of the School of Law in the special direction of engineering law was successfully held in the mock courtroom. Professor Ouyang Benqi, Dean of Law School of Southeast University, Associate Professor Gao Ge, Director of Law Practice Education Center of Southeast University, Associate Professor Wang Weiling, Ms. Xing Chenxi, Ms. Chang Tengyuan, and Ms. Wang Weiwei, Academic Secretary of Law School of Southeast University, attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by Associate Professor Shan Pingji, Associate Dean of Southeast University School of Law.

At the beginning of the meeting, Dean Ouyang Benqi of Southeast University School of Law gave a speech for the diversion meeting. Dean Ouyang Benqi pointed out that after studying one year of legal knowledge in their sophomore year, students are faced with the decision of whether to take the direction of engineering law specialties or the direction of common law, and that engineering law is a promising discipline. Since 2013, our college has set up the special direction of engineering law, which is in line with the national development model of new liberal arts and interdisciplinary disciplines, as well as the discipline layout of upgrading the emerging and strengthening the interdisciplinary proposed by President Huang Ru of Southeast University. The strength of engineering law discipline of our college is leading in the country, aiming at cultivating compound talents, breaking down disciplinary barriers, diversified development, pioneering thinking, and cultivating scarce talents for the country.

Associate Professor Gao Ge, Director of Southeast University's Law Practice Education Center, discussed the background of engineering law from the perspectives of the imprint of Southeast University on the new legal thinking, the cultivation mode of law students, the background of engineering law, the employment direction of engineering law and the employment direction of engineering law, The Associate Professor Gao Ge shared his views on four dimensions, namely, the imprint of new legal thinking, the cultivation mode of law students, the background of engineering law, and the employment direction of engineering law. Associate Professor Gao Ge pointed out that Professor Zhou Youyong instructed when he re-established the Law School of Southeast University to combine the law and strong engineering disciplines of Southeast University, therefore, in 2009, the Law School of Southeast University opened the Institute of Engineering Law, and in 2013, the special direction of engineering law was formally included in the enrollment program. Currently, under the general trend of cross-discipline, Southeast University School of Law has successively developed data law with the School of Computer Science, the School of Mathematics and other majors, and in 2023, it will even open a double-degree program with the School of Net Security, which is thanks to the fact that Southeast University is a comprehensive university with the possibility of disciplinary crossover. As far as the training mode of law students is concerned, composite training, i.e., the first major is not the law of law training mode will be the development trend in the future, and in the construction of disciplines and the choice of paths, it should be long-term vision and build self-confidence. The Engineering Law Teaching and Research Department of Southeast University has strong faculty members, and the study of engineering law can greatly expand one's ability. In addition, compared with the general law department, the specialty direction of engineering law will be more competitive in related fields.

Associate Professor Wang Weiling pointed out that the direction of engineering law favors the common law system, and the thinking perspective is different from the civil law system. In practice, many judges may rely too much on expert opinions because they do not understand the engineering background. As for the specific courses of engineering law, the engineering contract law taught by Ms. Wang probes into the construction contract in depth, analyzes it by using the foundation of law, and intersperses it with public law factors, which not only includes practical knowledge but also in-depth analysis at the theoretical level, so the special direction of engineering law provides more choices for the students in the future.

Mr. Xing Chenxi suggested that students should have the courage to do difficult but important things, such as choosing cross disciplines. The direction of engineering law lies more in cultivating students to form a new way of thinking. At the same time, the difficulty of the course was flexibly adjusted according to the students' engineering foundation. The classes are interesting and specialized, such as engineering cost and engineering management. The concept of engineering can not be understood in isolation, roads, bridges, tunnels, offshore platforms, artificial islands, etc., all belong to the scope of engineering law. The change of the times has created a huge demand for engineering law talents. At the same time, due to the lack of engineering law personnel in China, China is in a weak position in engineering disputes in the international community.

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Mr. Chang Teng Yuan suggests that engineering is not limited to real estate alone; there is new construction, remodeling, and infrastructure. The real estate industry has been booming in the past decades, so more legal issues may arise in the near future as well as in the future. We have a strong faculty in the Engineering Law Specialty Direction, and the mindset learned in the Engineering Law Direction can open up ideas.

Ge Yanying, an outstanding student of Engineering Law Specialized Direction of Class 2020, shared that in the learning process of engineering law, the main focus is to explore the intertwined issues of engineering and law. The assessment method of the engineering law direction is the same as that of the common law direction. Engineering law is a systematic and specialized discipline, in which public law and private law are combined to exercise different ways of thinking. Ge Yanying said that students should correct the misunderstanding about the special direction of engineering law, and that they can still complete the engineering law study successfully without the background of science and technology.

During the Q&A session, Mr. Gao Ge pointed out that engineering law is not a difficult subject, but is full of fun. Meanwhile, the current engineering law training model of Southeast University School of Law is more mature, which can provide a good guarantee for students who choose engineering law as their specialty.

Associate Professor Shan Pingji, Associate Dean of Southeast University School of Law, summarized the meeting, pointing out that there is a great demand for engineering legal talents in this era, and students can learn a lot of original knowledge in the special direction of engineering law, and urban renewal, which is closely related to engineering, is also a very promising topic for development. He expected students to deepen their understanding of cross-discipline and emerging integration, and to take becoming a compound legal talent as their development goal.