Bachelor’s (Bachelor of Laws) degree is a Bachelor degree specifically.
and a Law degree, or a degree is a general or common term, it may be a bechelor, master or doctoral degree.
In the USA the bachelor of laws (LL.B.) was the standard professional degree which was awarded at the completion of law school until about the mid-1960s. Before the 1960s many ABA approved law schools only required about 90 semester units for admission, so many of their students did not have any degree until they graduated from law school and received the LL.B.
By the mid-1960s virtually all law schools were requiring a bachelor’s degree for actual admission whether or not they had raised their minimum requirements. It was at that time that the law schools began to award the doctor of law (J.D.= Juris Doctor) to the graduates of the standard three-year full time program and four-year part time program. It was considered appropriate to award a doctorate to students who had bachelors degrees and had completed a three-year graduate program.
However, the master of laws (LL.M.) degree, which is awarded to students who want to specialize in a subject such as tax law and who complete a program that usually takes about one or two years full time after the J.D. degree, did not have its name changed. So we currently have a situation in which a master’s degree ranks more highly than a doctorate. Holding the J.D. is a condition of enrollment in an LL.M. program.
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Bachelor’s (Bachelor of Laws) degree is a Bachelor degree specifically.
and a Law degree, or a degree is a general or common term, it may be a bechelor, master or doctoral degree.
In the USA the bachelor of laws (LL.B.) was the standard professional degree which was awarded at the completion of law school until about the mid-1960s. Before the 1960s many ABA approved law schools only required about 90 semester units for admission, so many of their students did not have any degree until they graduated from law school and received the LL.B.
By the mid-1960s virtually all law schools were requiring a bachelor’s degree for actual admission whether or not they had raised their minimum requirements. It was at that time that the law schools began to award the doctor of law (J.D.= Juris Doctor) to the graduates of the standard three-year full time program and four-year part time program. It was considered appropriate to award a doctorate to students who had bachelors degrees and had completed a three-year graduate program.
However, the master of laws (LL.M.) degree, which is awarded to students who want to specialize in a subject such as tax law and who complete a program that usually takes about one or two years full time after the J.D. degree, did not have its name changed. So we currently have a situation in which a master’s degree ranks more highly than a doctorate. Holding the J.D. is a condition of enrollment in an LL.M. program.