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Juris Doctor a Doctor? |
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Yes.. |
| Date Posted: |
04/22/2004 |
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For your information, the DPhil degree is only awarded by Oxford. It is the PhD, but for reasons of tradition, Oxford never bothered to change the name.
They have a pattern of doing this. Their LLM 'equivalent', if you may, is called the BCL, Bachelor in Civil Law - but it's not a Bachelor's degree and it's not in Civil Law.
That's why when you see an individual with DPhil after their name (perhaps in a faculty catalogue), there is usually no indication of university, since it's supposed to be known that a DPhil is an Oxford degree. |
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I am actually doing the BCL in October ...
The names at Oxford are somewhat strange - but to some "wonderfully quirky".
Also the at Cambridge the LLD is an honorary degree, which is given for proof of distinction by some original contribution to the advancement of the science or study of law??, almost invariably in the form of published works.
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