How to apply for JD, a doctor of law in the United States

American university law schools mainly offer three degrees: LLM, JD and JSD.

LLM (English: Master of Law) is a one-year crash course in American law, equivalent to a master's degree. For LLM, a bachelor's degree in law is indeed a prerequisite for admission to American law schools. This is determined by the original intention of LLM degree setting. LLM is a major designed for students or lawyers outside the United States, which makes legal talents all over the world understand American law, and its essence is "gold plating".

JSD's full name is Doctor of Law. It is a real doctor of law and an advanced degree in law. Generally speaking, applicants must have a career goal of engaging in legal research, and must have a master's degree or a doctorate in law before they can apply. China people don't want to apply, and Americans don't even get enough points.

JD means Doctor of Law, whose full name is Juris Doctor or Doctor of Law, but JD is essentially equivalent to a bachelor's degree in law. Its predecessor was LLB (Bachelor of Laws) and later JD. Usually JD's academic system is three years. In the eyes of Americans, a doctor of law is equivalent to an MBA in business, or an MBA is equivalent to a doctor of law in law school, which is an important condition for entering the legal profession.

Below, I will give you a detailed introduction to the application of JD, a doctor of law in the United States, hoping to help you.

As a kind of vocational education, JD not only recruits undergraduates, but also applicants with master's and doctoral backgrounds, so the competition for application is extremely fierce, and only the best talents will be admitted. On the other hand, it has also become the final degree of many successful people.

LLM is academic orientation and JD is career orientation. To put it simply, people who go to JD usually devote themselves to being lawyers.

Although JD is a career-oriented degree, the tight academic system and three years of intensive study make a person with JD degree have enough ability to teach courses in any university. An important reason why few Americans study JSD is that many top law school professors have JD degrees, but they don't have JSD degrees.

There is a saying in the field of studying abroad: if you hate someone, let him go to JD; if you love someone, let him go to JD. Because JD is the most difficult degree in the world, it may not only require students to graduate with an average grade of B or above, but also students are competing with each other to improve their grades in each course as much as possible, because in this elite college, if you want to find a good job and stand on the society, the grades on your transcripts are very important. Americans value school grades as much as people in China, but American schools can reflect a person's ability more accurately when calculating grades, instead of evaluating a student's ability through mechanical tests like China. This is difficult to graduate. In addition, JD's application is also very difficult, because it is called the most difficult exam in the world to submit the results of the LSAT exam. This dilemma explains the first half sentence.

You can study JD, which is definitely a shot in the arm for a person's career and can bring a lot of added value to the future.

Next, let's take a look at JD's application skills:

The first is the necessary condition.

QTOEFL

QLSAT

Average product point

Rich professional related practical experience.

Psychological preparation for reading JD

Second, it is not a necessary condition.

Employment experience: Similar to LLM application, JD application does not require relevant employment experience.

Professional background: unlike LLM's application, it is not necessary to have relevant professional background to apply for JD.