To deepen university-locality cooperation and advance practical education for the law program, the College of Humanities and Law of Tianjin University of Science & Technology held an exchange forum with the Tianjin Labour and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Court (TLPDAC) on January 16, 2025. Ma Jiaxiang, President of the Court, Feng Jing, Vice President, and their delegation, together with Zhang Yanqiu, Party Secretary of the College, Wu Zhenjun, Dean and Deputy Party Secretary, and leaders of Tianjin Dongfang Law Firm and Beijing Ambo (Tianjin) Law Firm, participated in the forum.

Ma Jiaxiang, President of the Tianjin Labour and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Court, introduced the functions and business profile of the Court. As a division-level public institution, the Court undertakes the negotiation, mediation and adjudication of labour and personnel disputes. He noted that under the current economic environment, labour disputes arising from enterprise employment are increasing, and that the Court is exploring a "mediation-first, efficient and convenient" processing model, while expressing its hope to collaborate with universities to cultivate practical legal talent.

Dean Wu Zhenjun, in introducing the College's development, said that the College is advancing disciplinary upgrading, plans to split the intellectual property major and apply for a master's programme, and that the law discipline has exceeded its research targets. At the same time, the College attaches importance to practical education, with a mandatory ten-week internship requirement for the law program; the elite module of the "Law School" has connected with six law firms and needs to deliver more than a hundred students each year.

In the discussion, the two sides engaged in in-depth exchanges on "university-enterprise internship base development" and "student practical capability cultivation". The Arbitration Court proposed opening positions in labour dispute mediation and case adjudication for student internships, while the College indicated that it would rely on projects such as the "Chidou Program" to channel outstanding students into practice. Representatives of the law firms also suggested jointly conducting case seminars and mock arbitration activities to enhance students' practical legal skills.