A Doctor of Laws is a doctoral degree in legal studies. The abbreviation LL.D. stands for Legum Doctor, with the double "L" in the abbreviation referring to the early practice in the University of Cam
Jesus amongst the Doctors of the Law, Master of Sigena, active at the Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, 1515–1519 (current location: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya)
University of Cape Town Kramer Law School
Cambridge Doctor of Laws, 1815 (illustration by John Samuel Agar)
Law School Oral Arguments
A Doctor of Philosophy is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original resear
Doctor of Laws
…some jurisdictions such as the United States, it is an honorary degree. Other doctorates in law include Doctor of Juridical Science, Juris Doctor, and Doctor of Philosophy. In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of European countries, the LL.D. is a higher doctorate usually awarded on the basis of…
Doctor of Philosophy degree certificate of Columbia University
A new PhD graduate from the University of Birmingham, wearing a doctor's bonnet, shakes hands with the chancellor.
A South African PhD graduate (on the right, wearing a ceremonial gown)
A PhD gown at the University of Cambridge. Reflecting the status of the PhD as a lower doctorate, it uses a black Master's gown with scarlet facings rather than the scarlet Doctor's gown of the higher doctorates at Cambridge.