The Education & School Legal Affair Department of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (hereafter referred to as the Firm) is composed of experts in the field of education and school and senior lawyers with rich practical experience and profound theoretical skills. The heads of the department have more than ten years of professional experience in serving educational administrative bodies, public institutions, and private educational organizations (for-profit/non-profit). The backbone lawyers of the team all have rich experience in the fields of education law, compulsory education law, and private education promotion law.

Brief Introduction

The Education & School Legal Affair Department of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (hereafter referred to as the Firm) is composed of experts in the field of education and school and senior lawyers with rich practical experience and profound theoretical skills. The heads of the department have more than ten years of professional experience in serving educational administrative bodies, public institutions, and private educational organizations (for-profit/non-profit). The backbone lawyers of the team all have rich experience in the fields of education law, compulsory education law, and private education promotion law.

 

Entrusted by relevant authorities, the Firm has participated in the handling and mediation of many campus safety incidents and emergencies such as the violent terrorist attack in Kunming on March 1, 2014, the suicide of a middle school student at home, a case of a vocational middle school student "battered" to death outside the school, and campus injury incidents. Through accumulation and practice, diversified legal service products have been formed, such as administrative licensing business approval manual, administrative punishment work guidebook, drafting of articles of association, systematic construction of campus basic rules and regulations, construction of internal control systems, teacher manual, systematic collation of labor employment, legal training services, compliance operation of private schools, campus COVID-19 prevention and control work plan, and other legal service products.

 

The service team has given lectures on the Protection of Teachers' Behavior, Law on Prevention of School Bullying and Minors' Crime, Prevention and Treatment of School Safety Risks, Focus on China's First Civil Code, Implementation of Guardianship Responsibilities and Safeguarding the Legal Rights and Interests of Minors, as well as Disciplinary Rules for Primary and Secondary Education. During the outbreak of COVID-19, we did not suspend legal services. The Firm introduced laws to campuses by recording publicity videos on the rule of law and online live broadcasts, actively participated in the public welfare activity of "Legal Services in Campus of Kunming", and held special lectures on popularizing laws for Kunming No.3 Middle School many times.

 

In order to thoroughly implement the requirements of law-based governance and vigorously promote law-based governance, the Firm adheres to the concept of running schools and teaching according to the law and has been recognized and praised by our clients. We, through our thoughtful and professional services, protect governmental and public organizations for their best benefit.

 

Scope of Service

1.Perennial Legal Counsel

(1) Drafting and revising contract agreements with a school as one party.

(2) Reviewing the legality of administrative documents such as notices, announcements, and opinions involving legal issues, and putting forward suggestions and opinions on legal amendments.

(3) Providing schools with a package of laws and regulations on school running according to the law to help schools understand the applicable laws and regulations in their lawful running, so as to run the school legitimately.

(4) Assisting schools in sorting out labor employment and providing suggestions on improvement in combination with the existing problems.

(5) Helping schools in carrying out safety education for students, such as the prevention and handling of safety accidents such as contingencies, diet and hygiene, and the handling of harm to students.

(6) Through special lectures, law popularization training, and other means, providing 1 or 2 legal practice training courses for schools to improve the legal awareness and practical operation ability of staff.

(7) Providing legal advice for the school administration, the regular work of various departments of schools, and the legal problems encountered by faculty members in their work or life.

(8) Participating in the non-litigation stage of civil disputes in which a school is one party, providing legal opinions or suggestions, and assisting schools in properly handling disputes.

(9) Other regular legal services.

 

Introduction to Special Legal Services

1. Construction of a school system

The Firm provides special services for the formulation of articles of association, construction of the basic system of a school, and works out a complete set of systems from personnel, finance, logistics, safety, and other aspects.

2. Education and legal training services

For teachers, students, parents, and other different teaching objects, we will carry out law-based school running, standardize law-based training services such as school management, campus safety risk prevention, and campus legal risk control and prevention, thus introducing laws into campuses and enhancing their awareness of the rule of laws.

3. Legal services for private schools

The Firm provides all-round services for the establishment, operation, variation, and termination of private educational organizations.

4. Construction of personnel and labor employment system based on laws

(1) Assisting the employer in sorting out the labor-employment relationship and putting forward suggested solutions;

(2) Assisting public organizations in sorting out employment risks and putting forward suggested solutions with regard to management;

(3) Reviewing, revising, and supplementing the template of employment contracts (such as employment contracts, labor contracts, labor service contracts, confidentiality agreements, training agreements, etc, as well as format texts.

(4) Assisting the Human Resources Department in resolving employment disputes

5. Arbitration, reconsideration and litigation

Accept the entrustment and represent clients for arbitration and litigation.

6. Emergency handling

Accept the entrustment, participate in the whole process of emergency mediation, negotiation, aftermath handling, etc., and provide legal opinions on disposal.

 

Representative Businesses

1. Regular legal advisory service provider

After years of development, the Education & School Legal Affair Department has established good and friendly cooperation with the following government departments and public institutions : Some clients (in no particular order)

 

Education and Sports Bureau of Xishan District, Kunming, Kunming University of Science and Technology, OXBRIDGE College, Yunnan College of Finance and Economics, Qinglai School, Experimental School of East China Normal University, Kunming No.5 Middle School of Yunnan Province, No.1 Middle School of Xishan District, Kunming, Fangcaodi International School of Xishan District, Chunyuan Primary School of Xishan District, Hongqi Primary School of Wuhua District, Zongshuying Primary School of Xishan District, Kunming Xishan Zhonghua Primary School, No.4 Primary School of Kunming High Tech Industrial Development Zone, City Hope Primary School of Xishan District, Biji Xuxiake Central School of Xishan District, Biji Guanyinshan Central School of Xishan District, Qianwei Nanba Central School of Xishan District, Majie Central School of Xishan District, Majie Dayu Central School of Xishan District, Fuhai Yangjia Central School of Xishan District, Kunming Municipal Party Committee Organ Kindergarten, Kunming High Tech Zone Second Kindergarten, Kunming Ninth Kindergarten, First Kindergarten of Xishan District, and Second Kindergarten of Xishan District.

 

Special legal services

1. Legal service products

(1) Administrative licensing approval manuals;

(2) Guidebooks for administrative punishment;

(3) Drafting of the articles of association;

(4) Systematic construction of basic rules and regulations of campus;

(5) Teacher's manuals;

(6) COVID-19 prevention and control work plan for campuses.

2. Dispute cases

(1) Liability dispute case of Li vs. an ethnic middle school education institution in Kunming;

(2) Liability dispute case of Zou vs. a middle school education institution in Kunming;

(3) Dispute over the right to life, right to health, and right to the body of Zhuo vs. Shi and a Kunming middle school;

(4) Dispute over the right to life, right to health, and right to the body of Qiu vs. Jiang, Xiao, and a Kunming middle school;

(5) Dispute over the right to life, right to health, and right to the body of Li A vs. Li B and a Kunming primary school;

(6) Dispute over the right of recourse of a middle school in Kunming vs. Zhuo and Shi.

3. Emergency handling

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

(2) Handling of a case of a vocational middle school student "battered" to death outside the school;

(3) Participation in mediation, negotiation, and handling of an injury incident of a student;

(4) Handling teacher morality complaints against a primary school.