Doctor of Law or Doctor of Laws is a degree in law. The term varies from country to country, and includes degrees such as the Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D. or S.J.D), Doctor juris (Dr. iur. or Dr. jur.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.), and Legum Doctor (LL.D.).
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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Example of a diploma from Suffolk University Law School conferring the Juris Doctor degree
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The Inns of Court of London served as a professional school for lawyers in England
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Tapping Reeve, founder of the first law school in North America, the Litchfield Law School, in 1773
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Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, lecturer of law at Harvard and proponent of the scientific study of law
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Christopher Langdell, one of the scholars at Harvard who established the J.D.
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University of Pretoria Faculty of Law
