Optimizing Pathways for Cultivating Application-Oriented Legal Talents in the New Employment Context

新就业背景下应用型法律人才培养的优化路径

Under the new employment landscape, undergraduate legal education faces significant challenges in cultivating application-oriented legal talents. This study aims to analyze the key factors influencing the employment of such talents and explore educational reform pathways to enhance their competitiveness in the job market. Based on the ecological systems theory, the study constructs a theoretical framework for analyzing the factors affecting the employment of undergraduate law students. It examines the disconnection between legal education and the job market from four dimensions：microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem. Through literature review and case studies, the research identifies key issues such as misaligned employment perceptions, nsufficient practical skills, single teaching methods, unreasonable curriculum design, and low societal demand for application-oriented legal talents. Accordingly, this study proposes recommendations such as optimizing teaching content, strengthening practice-oriented education, deepening university-enterprise collaboration, and enhancing societal recognition of application-oriented legal talents. By coordinating the elements of each system, the study provides new insights for bridging the gap between legal education and the job market and fostering high-quality legal professionals that meet market demands.

新时代就业形势下，本科法学教育在培养应用型法律人才方面面临诸多挑战。本研究旨在分析影响本科应用型法律人才就业的关键因素，并探索教育改革路径以提高其就业竞争力。基于生态系统理论，构建了影响法学本科生就业的理论框架，从微观系统、中观系统、外观系统及宏观系统四个层面全面剖析当前法学教育与就业市场之间的脱节问题。研究通过文献分析与案例研究发现，学生就业观念错位、实践能力不足、教学方式单一、课程设置不合理以及社会对应用型法律人才需求不足等是导致法学专业毕业生就业困境的主要原因。在此基础上，本研究提出了优化教学内容、加强实践导向、深化校企合作、提升社会对应用型法律人才的认知等建议。通过协调各系统要素，可以有效破除法学教育与就业市场之间的壁垒，为培养符合市场需求的高素质法治人才提供新思路。