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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Hellhole on February 12, 2011, 01:26:34 am

Title: Masters of Law v. Juris Doctor
Post by: Hellhole on February 12, 2011, 01:26:34 am

Anyone got some insight as to the difference, other than the fact one's a JD and one's a masters? I've scanned both courses, but what do they actually entail that're different from each other?

Title: Re: Masters of Law v. Juris Doctor
Post by: _henwee on February 12, 2011, 01:33:32 am

juris Doctor sounds WAY better than masters of law.

Other than that I don't know. :)
I guess one is a masters degree and one is a doctoral degree.

Title: Re: Masters of Law v. Juris Doctor
Post by: Hellhole on February 12, 2011, 01:44:57 am

Quote from: _henwee on February 12, 2011, 01:33:32 am

juris Doctor sounds WAY better than masters of law.

Other than that I don't know. :)
I guess one is a masters degree and one is a doctoral degree.

I agree, it does sound way better.

From what I get out of scanning both courses, JDs are for those that want to specify in the same field of law that their undergraduate was, whilst a Masters of Law is specifying (sort of like majoring) after you've done your basic Bachelor of Laws.

Title: Re: Masters of Law v. Juris Doctor
Post by: ninwa on February 12, 2011, 01:54:35 am

Masters = focusing on one area of law, i.e. you need to already have a law degree

JD = for people who already have a non-law degree, basically the same as the LLB

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Quote from: Hellhole on February 12, 2011, 01:44:57 am

JDs are for those that want to specify in the same field of law that their undergraduate was

you can't do a JD if you already did a law degree...