USA Juris Doctor (JD) and master of law (LLM) America difference
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Aaron Lewis
The same law major,LLMAndJDCompared with no small difference.The biggest difference is that the applicationJDNeedLSATResults, andLLMAs long asTOEFL.From the student perspective,JDYour tuition fees, because the general is3Year and scholarship is not much, butLLMRelatively better.But from the employment and academic perspective,JDThe gold content is much higher than theLLM.JDDegree in American is very valuable(Whether from the academic angleIs occupation angle).For China applicants, if you intend to stay in the America a lifetime, then readJDSooner or later;SimpleLLMCan't stay long in America.If you intend to return to China, thenLLMMore realHui, more economical, andLLMKnowledge in China absolutely sufficient.
In general, onlyJDWe can test USA bar exam, but some states, also allowABAAuthenticationLLMTake the state bar exam, mainly in California and New York.Relatively speaking, New York state exams than California more attractive, because the New York state examination as long as2Day, California to test3Day, and it is said that California needs a foreign lawyer license examination.
J.D.About ninety credits in order to graduate.Considering the law school is the best students, and read very hard, so, call the doctor, in fact is not excessive.America almost all of the lawTeachers, judges, university professors areJ.D.Graduation, although theoretically there isJ.D.Higher degrees, such as:LLMAndJ.S.D.,But few Americans to read.Even the justice of the Supreme Court are all of the same colour isJ.D.Graduation.LL.MAndJ.S.D.General for foreign lawyers and scholars to read.Some Americans, theirJ.D.Is generally in the University of reading, in order to improve the grades, they may to a famous university read aLL.M..Able to concentrate on readingJ.S.D, mostly like staying in the library as pure man.
In the United kingdom,LL.M.RatioLL.B.A high level, in USA, someLL.M.The theory is comparedJ.D.High.But American law school, in fact, no one care too much about this comparison.There are some for USAJ.D.Specific professional students to learnLL.M., such as intellectual property, real estate, international trade, is really thanJ.D.TheIn order to high.However, most foreign students to readLL.M.In fact, a master's degree in comparative law for a period of nine monthsMSL (Master of Comparative Law).In American eyes, gold content of the degree is notJ.D.High.In the domestic market to the USALL.M.Demand is very small.So,LL.M.Graduates to find work in the America very difficult.Pass the bar exam, do immigration case. Also, the core business is difficult to relate to other.J.DInvestment of time and moneyLL.M.Three times, shouldLL.MVery popular.
But considering theLL.M.In just nine months, can also take the bar exam.For those who are not very rich, rather than debt to too many people, in fact, is a good choice.If the back Chinese development,LL.MPlus USA lawyer qualification, its competitiveness should not more thanJ.D.Difference.But if you are in the domestic undergraduate or masters are not legal, so you'd better readJ.D.It sorts, of a legal person.