Juris Doctor

[ joor-is dok-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a degree awarded by a school of law to a person who has completed the graduate program of study. : J.D., Jur. D.

After four years of hard work, I joined 485 of my fellow law school students as we were set to receive our Juris Doctor degrees.

Westberg said that about 200 students are set to graduate with juris doctor degrees this spring.

Ms. Mills received her Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School, where she was elected to the Stanford Law Review.

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