The most respected Degrees in the World

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DL-Luvr: an intersting bit of trivia I did not know before.

"There is [more] there, there" - I explain, telling another Amazon-woman why I often love them. (I'm 6'4")

I guess I'll have to pass along your Gertrude Stein info to a short friend of mine who also got his MD from Hopkins. He not only married a 6 foot tall Amazon the first time in marriage, but we - once roommates - competed over them, too!

--Orson

 

...in the US, my dear Watson, where ubiquity rules. Could we call it Gresham's law of lawyers? The bad drive out the good.

--Orson

 

Isn't the J.D. a uniquely US degree?

 

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

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Originally posted by Bruce
“The J.D. is hardly among the most respected. Lawyers always rank in the top percentile of professions that people don't trust.”

Why people don’t trust a person with a Juris Doctor (J.D.)?

Maybe is that a Licensed Juris Doctor (J.D.) have too many knowledge of the Laws, Rights, jurisprudences and the Constitution.

In addition, can be that an experience Juris Doctor (J.D.) knows how the system works.

 

Personal experience?

You don't need a lawyer in the US unless you're in criminal legal trouble, buying a house, getting a divorce, or looking for a big payday in civil court.

I represented myself in a very serious State proceeding, in spite of vigorous suggestions from the bench that I retain a lawyer, and I won the case.

 

Seems to me that ole' William of England had some rather uncomplimentary words for the Barristers. I think most people still feel basically the same.

 

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Having driven through there last week, I think I still agree wuth her.

 

Having read some other current degreeinfo threads. I withdraw my previous response in this thread. The Powerpoint Certificate (PPC) is clearly the most respected credential one can obtain.

 

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Why not bring along a batch of Alice B. Toklas brownies with you when you talk with him. Though named after Gertrude Stein's girlfriend, I've always wondered if Stein herself didn't dream up the receipe when she was a student at JKU ?

No short people jokes. ... LOL

 

J.D.

In the rest of the English speaking world, it's still the LL.B. I think it came about in the US as a matter of equality, other professions (Medicine, Dentistry etc.) received a professional doctorate after 4 yrs so lawyers wanted the same thing.

Nosbourne would know more.

 

In California a lawyer is not needed to buy a house.
Paralegals (document assistants?) are enjoying a boom here (in CA) for document preparation (such as wills) because of lower costs.

 

The J.D. has begun to appear in certain Canadian and Austrailian universities. I don't know yet whether this is a trend.

Whether one LIKES lawyers or not, in terms of utility the J.D. has GOT to be pretty high on the list. No other group sharing a single universal academic qualification enjoys (?) the level of dominance of one of our three co-equal branches of government. In general, the judiciary is made up of lawyers and lawyers have the sole ability to represent someone (other than themselves) in the Court system.

I will go further and point out that even Shakespeare understood that lawyers, at their best, are guardians of the rights of the people against the government and to assure an orderly society

 

JD Vs LLB?

...in the samd topic of a JD,

Can an LLB holder call himself/herself a JD?

 

Hello friends, sorry about my English.

In addition, the J.D. is so respected, that the majority of the universities permit that a J.D. teaches at Master and Doctorate Level. (Classes about laws and juridical process).

The J.D. is the best degree in USA.

 

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Originally posted by Testing
“Can an LLB holder call himself/herself a JD?”

No, they are different degrees under the Law.

LLB is an undergraduate degree.

The JD is a professional Doctorate. So professional, that if you want to be a Judge, you need one.

 

A holder of an LL.B. degree from an American law school can usually obtain a J.D. diploma from that school upon payment of a small fee.

Some do this; others think it's silly. Myself, I'd love to get an LL.B. to replace my J.D.!

 

I have seen this thread title long enough and I cannot withhold my comments any longer. The most respected degrees in the world are mine.

 

Mannnnnnn, I feel better for saying that.

 

If I could choose any school from which I would receive a PhD I would likely choose the following (in this order):
Oxford
Trinity (Ireland)
Edinburg
Harvard
Stanford
Princeton
Brown
MIT
Yale
University of Chicago
This list was composed in less time than it took to type it out and is based on fact, fiction, rumor, innuendo and speculation (not necessarily in that order).
Jack

 

Jack, nice list. The University of Dublin (Trinity College) doesn't appear on many lists though it's very reputable. Also the University of Edinbugh, the premier institution in Scotland though I believe St Andrews is older. And any list with Oxonia (Oxford) needs to include Cantabrigia (Cambridge).