Juris Doctor (abbreviated) J.D. or D.Jur, graduate degree and professional doctorate in law offered by universities and law schools in a number of countries.
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Most Canadian law schools still call the law degree a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). It is considered to be a graduate degree. The three year law school program covers the same areas of law as do law schools in other jurisdictions.
Update: Some Canadian law schools are now converting, retroactively, the LL.B. degree to a D.Jur.
You can get entry into law school with any type of degree. Your ability to study and learn is most important.
No, you do not have to have a law degree, or any other degree, to be a congressman.
It is certainly possible to do so. It would be a good degree for someone that wants to do entertainment law.
Any bachelor's degree is good. There is no specific type required, they like diversity.
Yes, you can attend law school regardless of your undergraduate degree.
Almost any bachelors degree from an accredited college will do. ( but , I doudt phys ed will work) You mainly need a good a LSAT score and good grades.
Barbara Jordan received a law degree from Boston University Law School.
Barack Obama received a JD (doctor of laws) degree from Harvard Law School, with academic honors, in 1991.
The path to law school is high school --> bachelors degree --> law school. Thus, the high school GPA would be somewhat irrelevant when it comes to law school application provided that the undergraduate GPA of the applicant was good.
He received his law degree (JD) in 1991 from Harvard Law School.
There are no prerequisites for law school.
Accounting is a specific major for an undergraduate. Law is studied in law school which is normally done after completing an undergraduate degree. So you could get an undergraduate degree in accounting and then go to law school. The combination is particularly good for those that want to specialize in tax law.