Wu Yan – SLI Participant of 2014
“These are beautiful memories worth treasuring for the rest of my life to remind me the happiness and efforts”.
Learning, talking, eating and hanging out with active and lovely friends coming from other parts of the world is really cool!
I can picture the life of the last summer vacation if I haven’t been part of the program: meeting my old friends and catching up on things for the first few days, a short trip with my parents to visit grandparents and other relatives in my hometown, staying at home to prevent sunstroke and reading some books or surfing the internet, and then getting bored and annoying my parents for the last few days… Life would be simple but cheerless.
However, participating two interesting curricula (IP-China and SICCEP) held by Summer Law Institute in Peking University made my summer 2014 different.
Professors from different countries prepared their courses systematically, accompanied by guest speakers from different areas, sharing experience of their fields. This is a good way for us to organize our own knowledge system and know more about the fields we are interested in.
Before attending summer programme, even though I cared about climate change and environmental protection, I’ve never thought about it from professional perspective, not to mention combining it with intellectual property or other issues. It has helped to broaden my horizon and open my mind.
Class discussions and team works made up by students from different countries were my favourite parts. I liked my classmates and admired their concentration, passion and aspiration to get new knowledge. Being with them makes me to want to show myself and explore my potential. Chatting with them, rooting for them in the football game, climbing the Great Wall, drinking in the bar at Houhai Lake, and even sitting on the stairs under the August sun and eating Taiwanese pancakes or dumplings during the short lunch break… These are beautiful memories worth treasuring for the rest of my life to remind me the happiness and efforts.
Professor Farah’s individual mentoring was also very helpful. I like listening to the elders’ experience, about their success and failure, too. There is always something wise and useful which can help you to find the right destination. Prof. Farah arranged an interview to apply for an internship at China-Italy Chamber of Commerce for me, but he also helped me to revise my CV. It has been very good experience for my career planning. I feel truly grateful for that opportunity.
Confucius said: After all, is not it delightful to have friends coming from afar? Having learned something professional, made friends, and met professors and guest speakers who have motived me to be better; having sweet beautiful memories of those four weeks. If you ask me about my feelings of the Summer Law Institute, I’ll tell you: I’M LOVIN’IT!
Wu Yan, Wuhan University of China
不得不说，和来自世界上其他国家的朋友们共同学习、聊天、吃饭、玩耍是一件很酷的事情！
如果没有参加今年的法律暑期学院，我可以想象这个暑假将如何度过：放假前几天和一个学期没见的老朋友们聚聚会，更新一下相互的信息，聊聊八卦，吃吃喝喝；然后和爸妈回老家看望外婆和亲戚们；之后随着盛夏的到来，躲在家里看书或上网，以免被外面的太阳晒得中暑；最后渐渐开始觉得无聊，也因为每天在爸妈面前无所事事地晃来晃去而惹他们讨厌……然后一个暑假就这样了无生趣地翩然而过了。
但是今年不一样了。参加法律暑期学院在北大举办的知识产权与中国和气候变化与环境保护课程绝对是一个正确的选择。
来自不同国家的学者们系统性地讲授知识产权或环境保护方面的内容，配上来自各领域的嘉宾们针对性地介绍他们的专业和工作，既有利于形成系统的知识结构，也有利于加强对特定工作的认识，无论是对我们的学习还是今后的工作都大有裨益。在此之前，我很少深入地去关注环境问题及其解决，更甚少将其与知识产权乃至其他专业问题联系起来，而这些课程开阔了我的视野，也打开了我的思维方式。
课堂讨论和由各国学生组成的小组作业也是我很喜欢的部分，很欣赏大家的专注度、求知欲和积极性，与他们在一起也激发了我展示自我和努力尝试的勇气与欲望。与外国朋友们一起闲话家常，看他们踢足球并为他们加油，与大家一起爬长城、游后海，乃至在中午短暂的休息时间里坐在烈日下的台阶上吃着手抓饼或煎饺……这都将成为我年轻过、努力过的最美的回忆。
Farah教授的个人指导也让我受益匪浅。我喜欢听长辈们在经历了成败、走过了青春岁月后给我们的建议，总那么几条会为处于迷茫的我们指明方向。Farah教授不仅为我们提供了中意商会实习的面试机会，还抽空耐心地帮助我修改和完善简历，这对我的职业规划将起到很大的帮助，真心表示感谢。
《论语》曰：有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？能够学到专业知识，结识促使我进步的老师和朋友，并留下珍贵的回忆。所以，如果你问我暑期法律学校怎么样，我会告诉你：很喜欢，很值得！
吴艳
法学硕士
国际经济法专业
武汉大学
中国湖北省武汉市
