What is the S.J.D.?

Pearson

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From: "Rosemary Hartigan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: JD Classification in Revised AACSB Accreditation Standards


> Isn't this like res ipsa loquitur?  There are legal scholars; they come
from
> law schools and have JDs.  No one else is trained to produce this type of
> scholarship, thus the JD is the PhD for legal scholarship.
>
> Rosemary
>
> Norman Hawker wrote:
>
> > I can't say about "most" law schools, but it certainly was part of the
> > mission of my alma mater.
> >
> > Norman Hawker, Associate Professor
> > Haworth College of Business - FCL Dept.
> > Western Michigan University
> > 1903 West Michigan Avenue
> > Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:28 AM, John Allison wrote:
> >
> > > I wish.  But do law schools really have a mission of producing
> > > scholars?  A few scholars are produced, but I don't think that this is
> > > a significant part of most law schools' mission.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > At 11:24 AM 1/15/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> > >
> > > On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Sprague, Robert wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ... In the revised Standards (pp. 42-44) a doctoral degree now "means
> > > completion of a degree program intended to produce scholars capable of
> > > creating original scholarly contributions through advances in research
> > > or theory." ...
> > >
> > > A J.D. clearly falls within this definition.
> > >
> > > Norman Hawker, Associate Professor
> > > Haworth College of Business - FCL Dept.
> > > Western Michigan University
> > > 1903 West Michigan Avenue
> > > Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5120
>