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- noun A
professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a firstprofessional graduate degree.
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Examples
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The ground-breaking alternative route to practising law here, known as the Juris Doctor (
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He obtained his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991.
Fox smears Clinton and Obama in one broad stroke. Ann Althouse 2007
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Ms. Weaver holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude from Colorado College and a Juris Doctor, cum laude from Georgetown University.
President Names Dorian Weaver To Export Import Bank ITY National Archives 1999
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Law in Tulsa, Oklahoma, obtaining his Juris Doctor degree.
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J.D. (Juris Doctor) is a three-year program that first gives students the intellectual foundations for legal study, and then gives them the opportunity to focus their studies on areas of particular interest through advanced classes, clinics, and writing projects.
HLS News 2009
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She received her undergraduate from Santa Clara University, where she was the valedictorian, and later went to the University of Virginia where she received her Juris Doctor.
No Fact Zone 2009
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Ventimiglia received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgetown University.
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And now the Law schools are finally jumping on the innovation wagon by contemplating degree specializations within the law school program so you graduate not just with a Juris Doctor but with a Juris Doctor with a speciality or concentration or a certificate in (you fill in the blank.)
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And now the Law schools are finally jumping on the innovation wagon by contemplating degree specializations within the law school program so you graduate not just with a Juris Doctor but with a Juris Doctor with a speciality or concentration or a certificate in (you fill in the blank.)
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EDUCATION: Yale University, bachelor's degree in history, magna cum laude, 1989; Boston College Law School, Juris Doctor, 1993
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