On December 24, 2015, Jin Bingyi, the managing partner of our office, was appointed as an interview examiner for the internship assessment of lawyer license applicants by the Shanghai Bar Association. The appointment period is from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017.

On that day, the Shanghai Bar Association held the first inauguration ceremony for internship examiners. Shanghai Bar Association President Yu Weifeng, Vice President and Examination Committee Director Lu Yan, Ye Lin, Deputy Director of the Legal Management Office of the Municipal Judicial Bureau, and Chen Dong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Bar Association attended the ceremony. Vice President Lu Yan of the Shanghai Bar Association first read out the "Decision on Appointing 2016-2017 'Interview Examiners for Internship Assessment of Lawyer License Applicants'". The appointment of examiners was based on a combination of organizational recommendation and voluntary registration. From former and current board members, supervisors, current district bar work committee members, business research committee directors and deputy directors, and colleagues working in lawyer management within judicial administrative organs, 280 examiners were selected to serve as the first batch of "Interview Examiners for Internship Assessment of Lawyer License Applicants".

Director Jin Bingyi stated that in future interview sessions, he will assess internship lawyers from three aspects: ideological building, professional ethics, and professional level, strictly enforcing the assessment system to raise the entry threshold for lawyers.