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[quote=Anonymous]A JD is absolutely a doctorate. Getting a master's or a PhD in a humanities subject (say in political science or history) is nothing compared to getting a JD. You will read over 1000 pages of complex legal opinions per month. The vocabulary you have to master is daunting. You have to commit to memory the facts of each case, the issues, the holdings, and the significance to Federal or State jurisprudence. You must develop the capacity to analyze each case to see if it reverses, modifies, or extends another case. You will have to have the ability to apply the case law to various fact situations you may see on your exams. Compared to grad school, the workload is higher, the material much more difficult, and the professors use the Socratic Method - which would put tears in the eyes of most graduate students. Law school is 1000 times more difficult than grad school. [/quote]
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