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To: MontaniSemperLiberi

A JD is a doctorate. Her LLM was post doctoral. You are being pedantic.


46 posted on 06/26/2011 1:33:26 PM PDT by narses ("Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." Chesterton)
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To: narses

“You are being pedantic.”

Yes, very much so.

JD is not a “doctorate” as most in academia use the word. Looking at wiki, I see it is a three year program without a dissertation. Masters level. I would refer to a JSD as a “doctorate” as it is PhD level, requires a dissertation and is required to be offered a tenure track position.

There’s no reason for her to pad her resume to impress people. She should simply refer to her LLM as “post-graduate”.


58 posted on 06/26/2011 2:13:43 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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