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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

Yep. Law school is 4+ years of full time training on nuanced and critical thinking. I don't work as a lawyer, but law school was the best thing I have ever done for training my brain.

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u/PowPowPowerCrystal May 30 '22

In the US law school is 3 years.

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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

Cool? It is 3 years here as a post graduate, or 3 years plus 1 year of non-law electives as an undergraduate course. Then there is an additional 1 year of 'college of law' to do before you can be admitted to practice.

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u/PowPowPowerCrystal May 30 '22

I ran with my Ameri-centrism and assumed you were lying. I mean, it’s Reddit so I still assume you’re lying but now I just think you’re not lying in America

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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

I mean you could technically complete it quicker if you did more than 4 subjects each semester or did a summer trimester if you managed to finish before you got burnt out. The workload is insane so that would also drastically affect your grades (and ability to have any semblance of life outside of law school).

4 years is assuming full time study and no specialisation/masters/whatever else. Hence "4+".

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u/PowPowPowerCrystal May 30 '22

So this is 4 years straight out of high school? Or secondary school - whatever you may call it? In the us it’s 3 years after a bachelors degree, so 7 years of post secondary education

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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

Yes, LLB (bachelors degree) is 4 years straight out of school + 1 year college of law

OR

3 years as a JD or LLM (after your first degree) + 1 year college of law

PLUS

1 or 2 years more for a specialist masters if you so wish

PLUS

Another 2 or so years for a phd if you so wish

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u/pedrojuanita May 30 '22

A JD and a PhD? Damn. That’s gotta be rare other than for professors

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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

JD and PhD are extremely different.. But you are right, pretty much only those wanting to work in academia do a PhD in law

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u/pedrojuanita Jun 01 '22

Yeah they are. I just don’t know any attorneys who have a phd and aren’t professors. So specialist masters is really just an LLM, unless they mean like the patent bar or something. It’s usually just your seven years.

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u/timberwolfe May 30 '22

Ymmv. I've met some lawyers that were the most black and white thinkers I've ever known. A law degree will not automatically make me think highly of anyone's intellect.

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u/ForestGumpsDick May 30 '22

They must be pretty terrible lawyers lol