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unusual facts about Doctor of Law



Michel Hansenne

At the age of 23, Hansenne obtained a Doctor of Law, subsequently gaining a degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Liège.


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Anatoly Sobchak

Honorary Doctor of Law at the University of Portland (Oregon, USA, 1990), University of South Florida St. Petersburg (1991), University of Macerata (Italy, 1992), St. Petersburg Law Institute of the Russian Interior Ministry

Bansi Lal

In 1972, the Kurukshetra University and the Haryana Agricultural University awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Law and Doctor of Science respectively.

Federico Hernández Denton

He recently received a Doctor of Law Honoris Causa from the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island.

George Maior

He graduated in 1991 from the Law Faculty of Babeș-Bolyai University, in Cluj-Napoca, and in 1992 from the Faculty of International and Comparative Law of George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. He is a doctor of law, a title obtained at UNESCO in 1998.

Joe R. Greenhill

He received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1977.

Joseph M. Hendricks

He attended Mercer University as an undergraduate, obtained a Master of Divinity degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Doctor of Law degree at Atlanta Law School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Emory University.

Luigi Bodio

Bodio graduated in 1861 at University of Pisa as a doctor of law, and afterward traveled abroad with government scholarship to complete his postgraduate education in economics and statistics.

Nikolaus von Schönberg

Born in Rothschönberg near Meissen to a noble family which already had several Bishops of Meissen, Nikolaus became Canon at the Cathedral of Naumburg (as would later his brothers Hans and Dietrich) and became a doctor of law (Dr. jur.) when studying in Italy.

Samuel Mendelsohn

In 1883 he received the honorary degree of doctor of law from the University of North Carolina.

Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Baronet

He was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) from the University of Liverpool.

Vladimir Beneshevich

In 1912, Beneshevich received a doctor of law from the Athens State University.