It has always been explained to me as a degree offered by "top tier"
schools to enable students from "lesser" schools to remove the "taint"
of their J.D. degrees before applying for academic positions.

The faculty for S.J.D. programs usually have J.D.s.

So while I'd concede that an S.J.D. program is evidence that a school's
mission includes training academics, its a degree from such a school,
not an S.J.D. versus a J.D. versus an L.L.M., which would satisfy the
Revised Standard quoted below.

Norm

On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Pearson Liddell, Jr. wrote:

> What is the S.J.D.?
>
> Pearson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>>