The School features a well-structured disciplinary layout with solid foundations, clear priorities, and distinctive strengths. The Law discipline obtained approval for the first-level master’s degree program in 2005 and for the first-level doctoral program in 2011, making the School the 13th institution nationwide authorized to confer the first-level doctoral degree in Law at that time. Within the core areas of legal studies, the School has established nine foundational research centers: Civil Law; Commercial Law and Cyber & Information Law; Environmental and Economic Law; Jurisprudence and Legal History; Procedural Law; International Law; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Criminal Law; and Labor Law and Social Theory. All second-level disciplines under the Law category are authorized to grant both master’s and doctoral degrees. Among them, Civil and Commercial Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Procedural Law rank among the leading disciplines nationwide.