Another 50 interns are to join China's top court and spend six months helping judges there, increasing their understanding of the rule of law and building on the success of the first class of interns.

The project to educate judicial talent and provide a bridge between legal studies and practice - much like the role of a law clerk in the United States - was written in to a work report for the Supreme People's Court this year.

Xu Jiaxin, a court administrator who heads the project, said the first class of interns ended their service on March 29. The 50, who were chosen from 32 universities nationwide, took part in a wide variety of court activities.