is a J.D. considered a master's degree or a doctoral degree?
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Anonymous
Kill (censor) this thread because this thread is exposing the law profession for what it is - that a HS kid can aspire to be a judge in this country? |
Anonymous
The only person who should be using "Esq." in this manner is Bill S. Preston. |
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A JD program (applied professional practice based legal doctoral degree) has significantly evolved and developed throughout the years to become a full doctoral degree. Although some course content such as the first year may be foundational doctrinal courses that overlap an undergraduate course, law schools none the less are taught at a graduate level with the same graduate 80-90 units required after a bachelors degree resembling the same units of a formal PhD program (~90 units). The years it takes to complete a PhD or a JD should not be the variable considered, since the bottom line units are the same for both (80-90 graduate level units) . Additionally, past the first year of law school, students are required to take advanced legal course work with practical training and applied legal research elements, that allows the lawyer to in fact be a gatekeeper in the profession. Also, mind you, 7 years is just the minimum, I myself will be in school for 12 years before earning a JD (I completed a masters along the way). A PhD and JD are both doctorate degrees but differ in application. A PhD is an entirely theoretical scholarly body of work that remains in the academic world. A professional doctorate applies theory to practical vocational applications. You don’t want a lawyer that only advises you in theory, you want a lawyer that can conduct practical research and advise you with “real world” professional advise. A JD is a full doctoral degree. The only professional in society that can call him/her self a "doctor" are physicians. The more appropriate address for a PhD or a JD at the university is "professor" which by definition means a teacher (doctor) of the highest rank at the university. |
Anonymous
| I'll take questions no one cares about for $1000, Alex. |
Anonymous
Lawyers care about it and chime in to revive this zombie thread every 2 years. It's a sore spot for them, apparently. |
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Neither. It is a professional degree. Nothing more. Nothing less.
-Exhausted, J.D. |
Anonymous
The sore spot is the inadequacy of the forms -- they make it impossible to respond correctly. |
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Neither a master's nor a doctoral degree.
Move on. |
Anonymous
This. It’s a terminal professional degree. |