In order to improve the professional level of criminal defense and welcome the opportunities of criminal defense in the new era, on May 10, the Criminal Professional Committee of Guizhou Lawyers Association and relevant units held a salon on the theme of "Professionalism and Frontier Issues in Criminal Defense". The theme salon was delivered by Long Zongzhi, professor of Sichuan University Law School, doctoral supervisor and director of the Institute of Law.
Professor Long Zongzhi made an in-depth analysis of the development trend, value and significance of criminal defense professionalism, and the development path of criminal defense, and shared a wonderful feast of knowledge for the participants. Professor Long Zongzhi believes that professional defense is the foundation and core of the high-quality development of criminal defense, and it also adapts to the current objective trends such as the economic downturn, the impact of industry involution, the impact of scientific and technological development such as artificial intelligence, and the impact of judicial policies. In the face of difficulties and challenges, criminal defense and criminal defense lawyers should pay attention to professionalism.
In view of the current situation of the industry and how to develop the professional path of criminal defense, Professor Long Zongzhi believes that the following points are worth noting: First, the defense opinions should be as close as possible to the judge's thinking, so as to promote effective defense. Second, professional criminal defense should focus on "gaps" and not make random punches. Whether it is evidence analysis or criminal defense, professionalism requires that it revolve around controversial issues, rather than "opposing every lawsuit". Third, professionalism requires criminal defense to be evidence-centered, pay full attention to essential facts, be good at reviewing and using existing evidence, and also pay attention to collecting defense evidence, but also not completely ignore procedural issues. Fourth, professionalism can be reconciled with the defense lawyer's more sincere spirit in terms of procedure and substance, and it is not necessary to reject the more sincere spirit, but even if it is a "dead end", it must be based on professionalism.
At the theme salon, outstanding legal professionals, experts and business representatives in the industry respectively combined their own legal work experience and perceptions in the industry, and expressed their opinions on the key to realizing criminal defense professionalism, the current situation of criminal defense, professional defense in the eyes of judges and prosecutors and other judicial personnel, the influence of professionalism and the confusion of the public, etc., and carried out heated exchanges and discussions.
Zhu Shan, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman of the board of supervisors of the Guizhou Lawyers Association, mentioned that at present, the construction of the rule of law in China has entered a new stage of development, and the people's requirements for a higher level of human rights judicial protection, the concept of fair disputes, and the degree of judicial civilization have become more and more prominent, which has brought some new opportunities and challenges to the field of criminal defense. Under the new trend, the level of expertise of criminal defense lawyers determines the quality of defense to achieve justice. Through this exchange, it is of great significance for criminal defense lawyers to deeply understand the professionalism of criminal defense, pay attention to the cutting-edge trend of criminal defense in a timely manner, and better adapt to the new trend of criminal defense development, so as to empower the development of new quality productivity for criminal defense lawyer services in Guizhou.
At the end of the event, Kang Jun, associate professor of the Law School of Guizhou University, made a concluding speech. Kang Jun believes that in the current rapid economic and social development, we must continue to improve our professional quality and comprehensive ability, in order to better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and achieve judicial justice. This salon is an important platform for us to learn and communicate and improve ourselves.
The participants believed that this wonderful and dry theme salon will analyze how to realize the professionalism of criminal defense from many aspects, and empower the development of criminal defense under the new trend of legal service development in the new era, so as to jointly promote the development and practice of criminal defense professionalism and make greater contributions to the progress of the rule of law society!
It is worth mentioning that the theme salon also held a new book release ceremony of "Criminal Defense in Progress - Selected Classic Criminal Cases". The book is compiled by Guida Law Firm, which compiles the professional confrontations, academic disputes, and experiences of Guida criminal defense lawyers in the process of handling cases, including the ups and downs of handling cases, and compiles them into a book, with the logical main line of "typical significance-case introduction-defense opinions-gist of the adjudication-experience", and includes four types of typical cases of duty crimes, crimes involving private enterprises and private entrepreneurs, new types of crimes, and other crimes.
The salon will be held both online and offline.
Guizhou Daily Tianyan News reporter Zhang Yuyi
Edited by Luo Chang
Second instance Li Zhongdi
Third trial Hu Lihua