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unusual facts about doctorate of law



Ume Kenjirō

Ume was sent by the government for advanced studies to the University of Lyon in France in 1889, and after receiving a doctorate of law in 1891, he studied for an additional year at the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany.


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Babatunde Jose

Though he never graduated from a university, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by the University of Benin.

Dominic Olejniczak

He received the Knighthood of St. Gregory from Bishop Wycislo and an honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from St. Norbert College in 1986.

Frederic Bennett

He was sometime President of the Anglo-Turkish Society - he had an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Istanbul, 1984, and was granted the Freedom of the City of Ankara in 1992.

Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan

He was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law by several universities namely the University of the Philippines (27 July 1990), University of Nottingham (21 July 1995), University of Santiago, Chile (28 September 1995) and University of Brunei Darussalam (11 September 1996).

Lorenz Erni

He studied at the University of Zürich, the University of Hamburg (Germany), and obtained a doctorate of law in 1974.