[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, no. I’m a JD, and it’s not the equivalent of a PhD (a real one, not in some “studies” nonsense.) More like a masters.

In fact, in my father’s time, law schools granted an LLB (Bachelor of Laws). Our Alma Mater offered to swap it out for a JD, but dad refused. Said they might lose it (he was only half kidding).

[Tell It Right]

On a somewhat related topic of which letters after your name is better, there's a spiritual reason I have a BS in computer science instead of masters or PhD. Back in my undergrad years, my math and CS instructors taught exactly zero of the leftist indoctrination nonsense. I heard that only in my liberal arts "core" courses. If a student tried to bring up that mess, my math or CS instructor would hush him/her up and say that everyone was there for the CS or math, not the political stuff or the debates on evolution vs creation, etc.

But by the time I wanted to go to grad school, even the CS dept had gotten leftist. My son says that the undergrad is still like I remember (except with the modern leftism in the liberal arts courses). I'm okay with being in the world, not of it. Meaning, if I'm in a position to possibly influence them, fine. But I don't want to pay to sit to be indoctrinated by them.

[9YearLurker]

I’m sorry, but most modern PhDs are bunk. Most people in real-world, say, industry analysis work go deeper, faster, with far less drama.

But academic PhDs largely don’t have any real world experience and so are clueless about the difference.

Sure, a good PhD in physics or chemistry is worthwhile.

[CodeToad]

Did the LLB qualify a person to take the bar exam or did they also need an LLM or other degree too?