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To: CodeToad

The LLB was the standard law degree and qualified you to sit for the Bar exam. LLM or Master of Laws is still, I believe, the next level. Which makes JD “Juris Doctor” very confusing!


15 posted on 04/29/2025 5:36:59 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Years ago, probably by 1990, it seems many professions started offering a professional doctorate instead of a master’s degree.

There are now more than 100 professional doctorates. They are below a PhD in academic circles, but many are research doctorates requiring the same level of dissertation programs and usually far more education than a PhD. That is also confusing.

Maybe the LLB/LLM moved to any bachelors degree and a JD.


17 posted on 04/29/2025 5:48:26 PM PDT by CodeToad
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