Foreign External Juris Doctor???

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by sshuang, Dec 12, 2007.

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  1. sshuang

    sshuang New Member

    It seems like many of the Australian and Canadian law schools are starting to offer Juris Doctor degree. Does anybody know if there are any external programs out there?


    http://jd.law.unimelb.edu.au/
     
  2. PAULWENLIUESQ

    PAULWENLIUESQ Member

  3. sshuang

    sshuang New Member

    Thanks for the info.
    However, I don't think they are external programs.



     
  4. sshuang

    sshuang New Member

    Monash University refers to Juris Doctor as Master of Laws.

    http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/3387/



    And the following was copied from RMIT University's website.

    http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=nle2pppng7qsz;STATUS=A;PAGE_AUTHOR=Mayukh%20Dutta;SECTION=1;

    This title, Juris Doctor, comes from the United States where it is a graduate entry three year law degree awarded by an accredited US law school. The Juris Doctor has been adopted for use in Australia for a postgraduate law program leading to entry to the legal profession, to differentiate the program from a Masters of Law which is seen as an advanced law program. The Juris Doctor (JD) is not a doctoral level award and graduates are not entitled to use the honorific title “Doctor”.
     

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