Education and School Legal Services Department

The Education and School Law Services Team of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm is composed of experienced experts in the education and school sectors, who possess both extensive practical experience and a solid theoretical foundation, as well as senior, seasoned lawyers. The head of the department has over ten years of professional experience serving educational administrative agencies, public institutions, and private educational organizations (both for-profit and non-profit). The core lawyers on the team all have rich practical experience in areas such as education law, compulsory education law, and the Law on Promoting Private Education.

Introduction to Education and School Legal Services

  The Education and School Law Services Team of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm is composed of experienced experts in the education and school sectors, who possess both extensive practical experience and a solid theoretical foundation, as well as seasoned, highly qualified lawyers. The head of the department has over ten years of professional experience serving educational administrative agencies, public institutions, and private educational organizations (both for-profit and non-profit). The core lawyers on the team all have rich practical experience in areas such as education law, compulsory education law, and the Law on Promoting Private Education.

 

Our service team has delivered specialized lectures on topics including “Protection of Teachers’ Conduct,” “The Law on Bullying and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency,” “Prevention and Management of Campus Safety Risks,” “Focus on China’s First Civil Code,” “Implementing Guardianship Duties to Safeguard the Legitimate Rights and Interests of Minors,” and “Rules on Educational Discipline in Primary and Secondary Schools—Law-Based Teaching.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, our legal services did not come to a halt. Instead, our firm brought the law into schools by producing videos promoting the rule of law and conducting live online broadcasts. We also actively participated in the public welfare initiative “Legal Services Entering Schools in Kunming City,” giving numerous specialized legal education lectures for Kunming No. 3 Middle School.

To thoroughly implement the requirement of governing the country according to law and vigorously promote law-based school administration, our firm adheres to the principles of running the school in accordance with the law and teachers teaching in accordance with the law. In our work, we have received unanimous recognition and high praise from our clients. Our meticulous and professional services provide strong support and assurance for the development of government agencies and public institutions.

• Scope of Education and School Legal Services

(1) Year-round legal advisory services

 

(2) Introduction to Specialized Legal Services

1. Construction of the school’s institutional framework

We provide specialized services for drafting charters and building a comprehensive system of school foundational regulations, developing a complete set of policies covering personnel, finance, logistics, and safety.

2. Education and Rule of Law Training Services

     We provide legal education and training services tailored to different audiences—including teachers, students, and parents—covering topics such as lawful school administration, standardized school management, campus safety risk prevention, and the identification and prevention of legal risks on campus. These efforts aim to promote the integration of law into schools and enhance legal awareness across the campus community.

3. Legal Services for Private Schools

Comprehensive services covering the establishment, operation, modification, and termination of private educational institutions.

4. Building a personnel and labor employment system for “governing the school according to law”

(1) Assist employers in sorting out their labor employment relationships and providing recommendations for handling them.

(2) Assist public institutions in identifying employment risks and providing management recommendations for addressing them.

(3) Review, revise, and supplement standard employment contract templates (such as hiring contracts, labor contracts, service contracts, confidentiality agreements, training agreements, etc.) and standardized document formats.

(4) Assist the human resources department in resolving labor disputes.

5. Arbitration, reconsideration, and litigation services

Accepting mandates to represent clients in arbitration and litigation matters.

6. Emergency Incident Handling

   Accepting the mandate to fully participate in the mediation, negotiation, and post-event handling of emergency incidents, and providing legal advice on how to address them.

III. Representative Business

(1) Year-round Legal Counsel Service Provider

    After years of exploration and accumulation, our department has established strong and friendly cooperative relationships with government departments, public institutions, and other organizations.

Some service clients (listed in no particular order)

Education and Sports Bureau of Xishan District, Kunming City, Jinqiao College of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan College of Finance and Economics, Qinglai School, Kunming Experimental School of East China Normal University, No. 5 Middle School of Kunming City, Yunnan Province, No. 1 Middle School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Fangcaodi International School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Chunyuan Primary School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Hongqi Primary School of Wuhua District, Kunming City, Zongshuying Primary School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Xishan School of Zhonghua Primary School of Kunming City, No. 4 Primary School of Kunming High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Urban Hope Primary School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Bijiji Xu Xiakke Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Bijiji Guanyinshan Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Qianwei Nanba Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Majie Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Majie Dayu Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Fuhai Yangjia Central School of Xishan District, Kunming City, Kindergarten of the General Office of the Kunming Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Second Kindergarten of Kunming High-tech Zone, Ninth Kindergarten of Kunming City, First Kindergarten of Xishan District, Kunming City, Second Kindergarten of Xishan District, Kunming City

• Specialized Legal Services

1. Legal Services Products

(1) Administrative Licensing Business Approval Manual;

(2) Guidance Manual for Administrative Penalty Work;

(3) Drafting and preparing the articles of association;

(4) Systematic development of the campus’s basic rules and regulations;

(5) Teacher’s Manual;

(6) Campus Novel Coronavirus Prevention and Control Work Plan.

2. Dispute Cases

(1) Li Moumou’s lawsuit against a certain ethnic minority middle school in Kunming regarding a dispute over educational institution liability;

(2) Zou Moumou’s lawsuit against Kunming No. XX Middle School regarding a dispute over the school’s liability;

(3) Zhuo v. Shi and Kunming No. [Certain] Middle School—Dispute over the Rights to Life, Health, and Bodily Integrity;

(4) Qiu Moumou’s lawsuit against Jiang Moumou, Xiao Mou, and Kunming City Moumou Primary School regarding disputes over the right to life, the right to health, and the right to bodily integrity;

(5) Li v. Li Moumou and Kunming City Moumou Primary School—Dispute over the rights to life, health, and bodily integrity;

(6) Dispute over the right of recovery brought by a certain middle school in Kunming City against Zhuo Moumou and Shi Moumou.

3. Emergency Incident Handling

(1) Handling of a suicide incident at a middle school student’s home;

(2) Handling of the incident in which a student from a vocational secondary school died after being “beaten” outside the campus;

(3) Participating in the mediation, negotiation, and handling of a student injury incident;

(4) Handling of a complaint regarding teachers’ professional ethics and conduct at a certain primary school.