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Juris Doctor Degree Programs

The Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree is the first professional degree in law.

With a Juris Doctor (JD) degree, you can practice law as an attorney (ie a lawyer). Attorneys help make our legal system work. As an attorney, you might represent clients in the civil and criminal courtroom, or you might advise clients on how the law affects them in a given situation, and what legal steps the clients need to take.

There are several forms of law degree, including the Juris Doctor (JD) degree, and the Executive JD degree.

If you want to practice law, enroll in a JD program. A JD program usually involves three years of full-time study, or four years of part-time study. During that time you will study required subjects such as contracts, constitutional law, torts and civil procedure, and you may take elective courses like tax or corporate law. While earning your degree you may be able to work as an intern for a judge or private firm. Once you have completed the program and passed the bar exam for your state, you will be eligible to practice law.

If you are interested in law, but don't want to practice it, consider enrolling in an Executive JD program. You'll receive a rigorous grounding in the law that will advance you in your current career path. For example, if you are a professional such as a physician or nurse, a Health Law Track would further your health care career.

Online Juris Doctor Degree Programs

Concord Law School Online
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Concord Law School Online
The advantages of online learning. At Concord, you will find a traditional law curriculum delivered in an innovative and interactive environment. Our expert faculty combines traditional teaching materials and methodologies with the flexibility and efficiency that distance learning allows. The result is a challenging but ?user-friendly? program of legal education
Kaplan University
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Kaplan University
Earn your degree, advance your career, and achieve your goals with an online degree from Kaplan University. And do it all without missing a day of work. Kaplan University offers accredited online degree programs in Business, Criminal Justice, Technology and Design, and Paralegal Studies.
Campus-based Juris Doctor Degree Programs
  • Kaplan University KHE - Delray Beach Learning Center, FL
  • Kaplan University KHE - Plantation Learning Center, FL
  • Kaplan University KHE - St. Louis Learning Center, MO
  • Kaplan University KHE - Milwaukee Learning Center, WI
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While lawyers assume ultimate responsibility for legal work, they often delegate many of their tasks to paralegals. In fact, paralegals—also called legal assistants—are continuing to assume a growing range of tasks in legal offices and perform many of the same tasks as lawyers. Nevertheless, they are explicitly prohibited from carrying out duties considered to be the practice of law, such as setting legal fees, giving legal advice, and presenting cases in court.
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