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　 　JDIn the20Before sixty's of the 20th century was calledLL. BThe Latin text, isLegum Baccalaureus, meaningBachelor of Law, everyone must have a bachelor's degree in four years can be a. Later, because the law occupation in USA more professional and meticulous, engaged in lawyer occupation requirements become extremely harsh, even can be engaged with the doctor put on a par with occupation,JD(Juris DoctorThe resulting name) degree, in order to show that the strict legal education.
America lawyers professional degree high, legal personnel must master some other discipline professional knowledge to pursue a law degree. To obtain American law school student must have a bachelor's degree in four years can apply forJDA degree, generally require three years of time, Shen please people usually physical, chemical, biological, accounting, management, journalism, sociology and other basic disciplines students background. ThereforeJDDegree of great value, haveJDDegree who enjoys the lofty status in the American, lawyer group body in USA politicians, business has incomparable influence, America former president Clinton and President Obama were Yale and HarvardJDHilary, wife of former president Clinton·Clinton also has a YaleJDAcademic degree. Doctor of law (JD) and medicine (Dr.MDAmerican) is also considered the most expensive and gold content of two degree in the highest.
American alsoJDOther law degrees outside. A method calledLL. M(Master of law), general9A month can graduate, was largely a foreign undergraduate law students and foreign law, USA local basic nobody to study. This kind of degree only to America legal system of common sense introduction, and tuition is expensive, even more thanJDA years tuition higher degree.LLMAndJD, the former only one year, specialize in one area of the law, but not America lawyer qualification examination, except in a few state, while the latter three years, study in detail USA law, can be American lawyer qualification examination. The former must have a Bachelor of Laws degree personnel can enter oneself for an examination, only need to provide TOEFL score, which is not affected by the degree of limit, but to provideLSATResults. For international students,LLMNo scholarship, so every applicant must hold at their own expense plan.LLMThe tuition for one year in4Million -8Million dollars range, plus all living expenses (with unequalNYAndLAThe most expensive). The total cost is estimated at50-100Million yuan.LLMCost is increasing every year, basically annual growth rate10%.LLMDividedGeneral programAndSpecialized programTwo. Most schools offer onlyGeneral programChoiceGeneral programUndergraduates can arbitrarily elective; a few schools, such asNYUProvideCorporate LLM,GTUProvideTaxes program,International lawEtc.ProgramThis classSepcialized programThere are certain requirements on the course, for example, must choose how many points with related courses. Recommend undergraduates chooseGeneral programIn the future, because the undergraduate academic direction is not clear positioning,General programFree elective. Secondly.General programThe application is relatively easy, manySpecialized programHave related working background, undergraduate to apply for theProgramWhen there is no advantage. The same law major,LLMAndJDCompared with no small difference. The biggest difference is that the applicationJDNeedLSATResults, andLLMAs long asTOEFL. From the student perspective,JDVisa difficult, school fees, because the average is 3 years and the scholarship is not much, butLLMRelatively better. But from the employment and academic point of view,JDThe gold content is much higher than theLLM.JDDegree in American valuable (whether from the academic point of view or occupation),LLMNow more and more worthless. For Chinese applicants, if you intend to stay in the America, then readJDSooner or later; simpleLLMCan't stay long in America. If you intend to return to China, then do not readJD,LLMMore affordable, more economical, andLLMKnowledge in Chinese absolutely sufficient. In general, onlyJDYou can test the USABarHowever, some states, also allowABAAuthenticationLLMExamination of the stateBarMainCAAndNY. Relatively speaking,NY BarRatioCA BarMore attractive to some, becauseNY BarAs long as the reference2Day, andCA BarTo test3Day, and saidCATestBarNeed a foreign lawyer's license.
In addition to a law degree America calledJ.S.D.(Doctor of Juris Science), usually translated as"Doctor of the science of law"USA, only a few law school offers the degrees, usually no more than a year of enrollment3People. GetJSD teach any degree in America university. But if foreign students studying in American directlyLLMThen getJSDDegree, still can not participate in most states American bar exam (BAR EXAMBecause the American Bar Association (,)ABAOnly approved)JDThis kind of degree, any other degree are of the law school set up its own, withoutABAAuthentication.