In the United States, undergraduates have no major in law. There are J.D. (Doctor of Jury), LLM (Master of Law) and S.J.D (Doctor of Judicial Science) degrees in the United States. American lawyers are very professional, and legal talents must master some professional knowledge of other disciplines before they can study for a law degree. With the invasion of the heat wave of studying in the United States, law major has become one of the favorite choices for international students. Of course, LLM and J.D, which have always been loved and respected by us, have also become the focus of attention. Below I will take stock of the similarities and differences between LLM and J.D. from the following aspects for the reference of interested legal applicants. ● Background requirements of the applicant

LLM: Anyone with a bachelor's degree or above in law can apply for LLM in the United States, but there are usually two main types of people. One is a lawyer with work experience. Because there is no foreign lawyer's license in a foreign law firm, it is basically impossible to be promoted from a legal assistant to an associate, so many people choose to go to the United States for gold plating and obtain a foreign lawyer's license in the fastest and most economical way. Second, some students who have just graduated from undergraduate courses.

Doctor of Law: Students must have a four-year bachelor's degree to apply for a doctor of law degree. Applicants are usually students in basic disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, accounting, management, journalism and sociology. In other words, applying for a doctorate in law does not require students to have a relevant background in studying law.

● Professional nature and study duration

LLM: Basically, LL. M is a one-year course specially prepared for international students. Strictly speaking, it lasted for nine months. Mostly designed for foreign law undergraduates and foreign lawyers. Few people in America will study it. This kind of degree is only a general introduction to the American legal system, and the tuition fee is very high, even higher than a one-year JD degree. It specializes in a certain aspect of law, but can't take the American Bar Examination, except for a few states (1 1), and California and new york are the first choices for most students. LLM can be divided into general projects and professional projects. Most schools only offer general courses, and undergraduates who choose general courses can choose courses at will.

Doctor of Law: The duration of study is about three years. After studying American law in detail, you can take the American bar exam. The gold content of JD is much higher than that of LLM. JD degree is very valuable (academically and professionally) in the United States. In the United States, if you want to engage in legal affairs such as lawyers, it is undoubtedly a good choice to choose the J.D. program of law school, and the bar qualification examination in most States is only open to people with J.D. degrees. Government departments, law firms and corporate legal departments pay more attention to J.D. education when recruiting. It can be seen that American legal education is a very specialized vocational education after undergraduate basic education, and? Doctor of law. Education is its core and key.

● Examination requirements when applying for the exam.

LLM: Students only need to provide TOEFL /IBT when applying for LLM program, and generally good schools require IBT>；; 100, (individual projects have specific requirements due to individual schools).

J.D.: Students applying for the J.D. program need to provide LAST (law school entrance examination)? Law school entrance examination). The full score of this exam is 180, and the lowest score is 120. Good schools generally require more than 160 copies.

● Future development direction

LLM:LLM is a very practical project, which has significant professional guidance and help for students to engage in legal work after graduation. Moreover, LLM's class hours are short, which is an advantage in time compared with two to three years' master's courses in China. Therefore, LLM students are more suitable for returning to work, and LLM study can lay a certain practical foundation and influential study abroad background for their future return to work.

Doctor of Law: Students who choose the doctor of law program have a better chance to stay and work in the United States. JD is an orthodox American legal training with high gold content, which can give students a comprehensive understanding of American law. Compared with LLM degree, JD degree is a more systematic study of American law, which is not restricted like LLM degree. The winner of JD degree can take the bar exam in any state in the United States and become a practicing lawyer in that state. So JD students can get more opportunities to work in the United States than LLM students. Moreover, in the United States, only doctors of laws can take the bar exam.

Introduction to PS: the last exam

LSAT is an inevitable hurdle for JD applicants and a vital part of all application materials. The LSAT consists of four grading parts, and the 1 grading part and 1 grading writing samples will be sent to the school. There will be 10 1 questions in total. The test focuses on logical reasoning and reading ability. * * * There are three types of questions-logical reasoning: equivalent to reading short stories; Reading test-4 articles, 60 lines each, which is quite heavy; Analytical reasoning -4 logical reasoning games. A set of standard LSAT questions will have two sets of individual questions, one set of group questions and one set of reading. A section that doesn't count may be composing questions or reading.

LSAT has four exams a year, namely, February, June, 65438+ 10, and 65438+February. The exam results will be announced in 3-5 weeks.

LSAT registration, you can go to www.lsac.org.