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.
No, the LLB required a bachelor’s degree even back in the 40s. My dad fast talked his law school into admitting him without a bachelor’s- as he had two years at The Citadel but had been otherwise engaged in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy for four years . . .