Renmin University of China (RUC) has celebrated the establishment of its Lawyer College, the first one founded and operated by a university in the country. The Lawyer College aims to provide practical legal education and professional training courses to PRC legal professionals and law school students who intend to practise law after graduation. It will also collaborate with similar institutions overseas to provide international training programs, helping broaden PRC lawyers' international exposure and improve their abilities to provide high-end legal services and products.

The RUC Lawyer College has appointed Zhu Mingshan, deputy director of the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs of the NPC Standing Committee and former vice president of Supreme People's Court, as honorary dean, veteran lawyer Xu Jian as dean and professor Han Dayuan, dean of RUC Law School, as director-general of the Lawyer College Council. The Lawyer College is an institution under RUC Law School.