Juris Doctor facts for kids

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Juris Doctor is an academic degree in law. Like the Doctor of Medicine degree it is a professional doctorate, which prepares lawyers for their profession. It is the primary law degree in the United States.

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  • Juris Doctor diploma

    Example of a diploma from Suffolk University Law School conferring the Juris Doctor degree

  • London-Inns-of-Court

    The Inns of Court of London served as a professional school for lawyers in England

  • Tapping Reeve

    Tapping Reeve, founder of the first law school in North America, the Litchfield Law School, in 1773

  • Joseph Story

    Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, lecturer of law at Harvard and proponent of the scientific study of law

  • Langdell

    Christopher Langdell, one of the scholars at Harvard who established the J.D.


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