Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

• TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That seems a little generous. While I know it’s challenging, I don’t think law school is quite the same thing as a PhD program.

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I agree with your statement, but law school (in the US) gives you a literal doctorate. It’s not a PhD but JD stands for juris doctor.

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    • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, I am aware of what JD stands for. Glad that we can agree that it’s not really equivalent to a PhD.

      A little known fact is that provided one can pass their local bar exam, they’re still a lawyer/officer of the court, regardless of whether they attended law school or not.

      It’s not really a thing anymore, but historically a lot of lawyers served a kind of apprenticeship in lieu of law-school.

      Abraham Lincoln is a great example, for instance.

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