Doctor of Law - Revision history

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moved JD to Juris Doctor over redirect

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‎Is it a doctorate?

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-The '''Juris Doctor''', or '''JD''', is the primary degree offered by the [[law school]]. The majority of JD students go on to work in law firms. Others go into judicial clerkships and/or academia. It replaced the [[LLB]], or legal bachelors', in the 1970s.
+'''Doctor of Law''' ('''JD''') (Latin: '''Juris Doctor''') is the primary degree offered by the [[law school]]. The majority of JD students go on to work in law firms. Others go into judicial clerkships and/or academia. It replaced the [[LLB]], or legal bachelors', in the 1970s.
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 The JD is considered a professional rather than a true doctoral or even masters-level graduate degree; some of its holders elect to continue on and earn graduate [[LLM]]s and [[SJD]]s. Nevertheless, the degree was created in order that law graduates might feel they were on par with other professional school graduates, such as [[MD]]s. Still, it is not the practice in the US to call lawyers "doctors".
-The debate still rages over whether a JD is a [[PhD]]-equivalent. Those in favor argue that the word "doctor" originally described lawyers, that universities were originally institutes of law, that the JD is a basic teaching qualification within law schools, and that [[university president]]s, who must hold a doctorate, may serve with only a JD (like our own [[Lee Bollinger]]).
+The debate still rages over whether a JD is a [[PhD]]-equivalent. Those in favor argue that the word "doctor" originally described lawyers, that universities were originally institutes of law, that the JD is a basic teaching qualification within law schools, and that [[university president]]s, who must hold a doctorate, may serve with only a JD (like our own [[Lee Bollinger]]). Those against note the research emphasis of the PhD vs. the JD, for one. All agree that the [[SJD]] is effectively a PhD equivalent.
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-The '''Juris Doctor''', or '''JD''', is the primary degree offered by the [[law school]]. It replaced the [[LLB]], or legal bachelors', in the 1970s. The JD is considered a professional rather than a true doctoral or even masters-level graduate degree; some of its holders elect to continue on and earn graduate [[LLM]]s and [[SJD]]s. The majority of JD students go on to work in law firms. Others go into judicial clerkships and/or academia; in the legal academy, the JD is the most basic requirement one needs to earn the right to teach.
+The '''Juris Doctor''', or '''JD''', is the primary degree offered by the [[law school]]. The majority of JD students go on to work in law firms. Others go into judicial clerkships and/or academia. It replaced the [[LLB]], or legal bachelors', in the 1970s.
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