Prosecutors Ordered to Get Law Degrees

(Beijing) – China has told the country's prosecutors to obtain at least a bachelor's degree in law by the end of 2020, a move to eliminate a skills gap that has long plagued the country's judicial system.

A bachelor's degree in law is the first step for a legal career in China, similar to the legal systems in the U.S. and U.K., but a large number of serving prosecutors lack this qualification because many are retired military officers and police officials who were recruited into the position, several legal experts said.