A Juris Doctor,a Doctor of Jurisprudence,or a Doctor of Law is a graduate-entry professional degree in law. The JD is the standard degree obtained to practice law in the United States,where there is no undergraduate professional law degree. Some jurisdictions,such as Australia,Canada and Hong Kong,offer both the JD and undergraduate qualifying law degrees.
Bachelor of Civil Law is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities. The BCL originated as a postgraduate degree in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge;at Oxford,the BCL continues to be the primary postgraduate taught course in law. It is also taught as an undergraduate degree in other countries. The reference to civil law was not originally in contradistinction to common law,but to canon law,although it is true that common law was not taught in the civil law faculties in either university until at least the second half of the 18th century. However,some universities in English-speaking countries use the degree in the former sense.
Legal education is the education of individuals in the principles,practices,and theory of law. It may be undertaken for several reasons,including to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for admission to legal practice in a particular jurisdiction,to provide a greater breadth of knowledge to those working in other professions such as politics or business,to provide current lawyers with advanced training or greater specialisation,or to update lawyers on recent developments in the law.
Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom,Europe and most common law jurisdictions. It is awarded by universities in Europe,Australia,the People's Republic of China,Hong Kong S.A.R.,Macau S.A.R.,Malaysia,Bangladesh,India,Japan,Pakistan,Uganda,Kenya,Ghana,New Zealand,Nigeria,Singapore,South Africa,Botswana,Israel,Brazil,Tanzania,Zambia,and other jurisdictions.
A Master of Laws is an advanced postgraduate academic degree,pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree,a professional law degree,or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In most jurisdictions,the LL.M. is the advanced professional degree for those usually already admitted into legal practice.
A law degree is an academic degree conferred for studies in law. Such degrees are generally preparation for legal careers. But while their curricula may be reviewed by legal authority,they do not confer a license themselves. A legal license is granted by examination,and exercised locally. The law degree can have local,international,and world-wide aspects,such as in England and Wales,where the Legal Practice Course or passing Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) is required to become a solicitor or the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) to become a barrister.
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences is a National Law University (NLU) located in Bidhannagar,Kolkata,West Bengal,India. In 2023,it was ranked 4th among law colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework and 2nd by India Today. It comes under the exclusive chancellorship and purview of the [Chief Justice of India].
The Postgraduate Certificate in Laws is an intensive one-year,full-time professional legal qualification programme in Hong Kong. It allows graduates to proceed to legal training in order to qualify to practice as either a barrister or a solicitor in Hong Kong. The "LL." of the abbreviation for the certificate is from the genitive plural legum. The programme is similar to the Legal Practice Course or the Bar Professional Training Course in England and Wales,or the Certificate in Legal Practice (Malaysia) in Malaysia which focuses heavily on practical and procedural issues in legal practice,unlike a first degree in law.
The School of Law at Trinity College Dublin is the oldest established law school in Ireland. It teaches law to undergraduate and postgraduate students,as well as conducting legal research and holding conferences.
The University of Miami School of Law is the law school of the University of Miami,a private research university in Coral Gables,Florida.
A law school is an institution or professional school specializing in legal education,usually involved as part of a process for becoming a judge,lawyer,or other legal professional within a given jurisdiction.
The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR),is a public law school and a National Law University located in Shamirpet,Hyderabad,Telangana,India. It is among the first universities to offer the five-year integrated undergraduate law degree,postgraduate law degree and doctorate law degree. The university is known for its highly competitive admissions,and has an acceptance rate of 0.16 %. It has an intake of around 132 students selected from a pool of around 80,000 students in its undergraduate law programme.
The Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (GDEHKL) is a Hong Kong graduate diploma programme that allows students that did not take law as an undergraduate degree to "convert" to law,before going onto a professional qualification course and ultimately legal training.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law is a law school in Hong Kong.
The Peking University School of Transnational Law is located in Shenzhen,Guangdong,China. The school started in the fall of 2008 as a part of the Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University. It is the first law school to offer a traditional western-style Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree alongside a Chinese-style Juris Master (J.M.) degree. The program is four years and graduates will receive both the Chinese Juris Master's degree and,not accredited by the ABA,a J.D. degree. STL also offers a 3-year J.D. degree in English and a 1-2-year LL.M. degree. The school's tagline is "China's most innovative law school in China's most innovative city"
Legal education in Hong Kong generally refers to the education of lawyers before entry into practice.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK),Faculty of Arts is the arts faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The Yong Pung How School of Law is one of the six schools of the Singapore Management University. It was set up as Singapore's second law school in 2007,50 years after the NUS Faculty of Law and 10 years before SUSS School of Law. Prior to its establishment as a law school,the school was a department within the School of Business between 2000 and 2007. The school was known as the SMU School of Law until 2021,when it was renamed after former Chief Justice Yong Pung How.
The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law is one of the 11 faculties and schools at the University of Hong Kong. Founded in 1969 as the Department of Law,it is the oldest law school in Hong Kong. HKU Law is consistently ranked among the top law schools in the world. In 2019,HKU Law was ranked 18th on the QS World Rankings and 22nd on the Times Higher Education World Rankings.
Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (Chinese:香港中文大學醫學院) was established in 1981 and consists of five schools which offer an array of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the field of medicine,nursing,pharmacy and public health. The Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital is the faculty's teaching facility and base of research. The medium of instruction of all programs is English while Chinese is also retained for the teaching of Chinese Medicine.
