Juris Doctor
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A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law, is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is
Juris Doctor diploma from Columbia Law School
The Inns of Court of London served as a professional school for lawyers in England.
Joseph Story, United States Supreme Court Justice, lecturer of law at Harvard and proponent of the "scientific study of law"
A Juris Doctor conferred by Suffolk Law School
Doctor of Laws
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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
Juris Doctor
…JD differs from the Doctor of the Science of Law (Juridicae Scientiae Doctor; JSD), Doctor of Juridical Science (Scientiae Juridicae Doctor; SJD), or Doctor of Laws (Legum Doctor; LLD). In the US, the JSD and SJD both require students to hold a JD and a Master of Laws (LLM); the JSD is for those wanting to pursue…
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)
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