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unusual facts about law degree


Neda Ukraden

Respecting the wishes of her father, she attended University of Sarajevo where she unsuccessfully attempted degrees in Law and Philology, English language.


Egil Myklebust

Born in Kvinnherad, Myklebust took a law degree from the University of Oslo in 1967, before starting work with the Norwegian Welfare Services (1968 to 1971).

Geoffrey Bindman

Bindman attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and then graduated from Oriel College, Oxford, with a law degree in 1956, qualifying as a solicitor three years later.

Legal education in India

Law degrees in India are granted and conferred in terms of the Advocates Act, 1961, which is a law passed by the Parliament both on the aspect of legal education and also regulation of conduct of legal profession.

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

Luis Ladaria Ferrer was born in Manacor, on the island of Majorca, Spain and studied at the University of Madrid, graduating with a degree in law in 1966.

Manuel Argüello Mora

He obtained his education at the University of Santo Tomás in Costa Rica and the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala, where he obtained a degree in law.

Tufyal Choudhury

In 1996, Choudhury graduated from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London with a degree with a BA in Law with Bengali Studies.

W. Reece Smith, Jr.

He received his law degree in 1949, and he was also a member of the student bar, Florida Blue Key and the Florida Law Review.


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Ahmed Djoghlaf

He studied at, among others, the Nancy-Université, France (PhD in political sciences), St. John's University, New York (Master of Arts, Government and Politics), Université Lille Nord de France (Master of Political Sciences and Information Sciences) and the University of Algiers (Law degree).

Bachelor of Civil Law

In Oxford, the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) is a taught postgraduate degree in English law, occupying a similar position as the Master of Laws (LLM) programmes of other British universities, but specifically for common law degree holders.

Bruck Easton

He was born in Windsor, graduating with a B.A. from Carleton University in 1975, and with a law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1978.

Carl Christian Rafn

After attending the Cathedral School in Odense (Odense Katedralskole), he entered the University of Copenhagen where he earned his law degree and graduated (1816).

Carlos Mendoza Davis

He earned a law degree with honors from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1992, for which he wrote the thesis Human rights and their protection in Mexican constitutional law. In 1994 he attended the Institute of International and Comparative Law summer school in France, sponsored by the Cornell Law School and the University of Paris.

Carolina Tohá

Tohá has a law degree from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Milan.

Craig Stowers

After earning his law degree, Stowers served as a law clerk for U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Boochever and then went on to serve as a law clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Justice Warren Matthews.

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.

Doudou Diène

Diène holds a law degree from the University of Caen (France), a doctorate in public law from the University of Paris, a diploma in political science from the Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris, and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill, Barbados)

Fioravante Perrotta

He attended St. John's University as an undergraduate, and then St. John's University School of Law to obtain his law degree.

Frank Millard

After receiving his law degree, Millard became an attorney in Flint, Michigan.

G. Gordon Strong

He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1913 and completed degrees in economics and commerce at the University of British Columbia, an MBA from Northwestern University and a law degree from the University of Toledo.

Gail Koff

She earned her law degree in 1969 from George Washington University Law School and worked for the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Legal Services Administration while she was still in school.

George Moraitis

In 2000, he retired from the Navy and joined the United States Navy Reserve, where he continues to serve, and attended the University of Florida College of Law, graduating with a law degree in 2002.

Hongxia Liu

She grew up in China and received her Bachelor of Law degree from Peking University, Department of International Affairs in 1985.

James D. Zirin

Zirin graduated from Princeton University with honors and received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School where he was an editor of the Michigan Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.

John A. Denison

Denison graduated with honors from Springfield High School and, like his father, attended Harvard University where he received his undergraduate degree in 1898 and his law degree in 1901.

John E. Leonard

Leonard attended the public schools and was later graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire in 1863 and then earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1867.

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.

Joseph Rallo

Rallo earned his Bachelors degree in Russian history from Lafayette College, Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and a law degree from Western New England College.

Lee Ann Martin

Judge Martin studied law at the Panthéon-Assas University, France in 1991, obtaining a civil law degree and practising in France before returning to Winnipeg.

Licentiate

Until the 1990s, the degree was offered as a law degree at the Saarland University as a single university degree (Lic.iur.) with a duration varying between five to eight years.

Linas Tadas Karosas

Tadas Karosas graduated with a law degree from Vilnius University and was assigned to prosecutor's office, where he worked for about 5–6 years.

Martin A. Nelson

He later moved to Minnesota and earned his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1916.

Marvin Powell

He worked as an intern at the New York Stock Exchange and spent six off-seasons getting his law degree from New York Law School.

Mian Muhammad Aslam

Earlier to law degree he also did his masters in English from Islamia College Civil Lines, while studying in college he was chief prefect and was made chairman of the advisory council of the college.

Miguel de Serpa Soares

Born in 1967 in Angola, Serpa Soares graduated from the University of Lisbon with a law degree in 1990 and Collège d’Europe, Bruges, in 1992 with a Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Juridiques Européennes.

Millard Fuller

Fuller majored in economics at Auburn University (’57) and received a law degree from the University of Alabama (’60).

Monisha Kaltenborn

From 1990 to 1995 she studied for a Law degree at the University of Vienna, and then completed a masters' degree in International Business Law at the London School of Economics in 1996.

Nancy Duff Campbell

Ms. Campbell received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 1965 and her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1968.

Neal Horgan

Horgan played a role in Cork City's League of Ireland winning campaign in 2005, and also found time to complete a Law degree in 2006.

Nitzan Chen

After serving in the Artillery Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces, he earned a BA in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Law degree from Ono Academic College.

Prudente de Morais

He graduated with a law degree from the Law School of São Paulo in 1863 (today's Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo) and moved to Piracicaba that same year.

Raymond Pace Alexander

That same year, he married his former Penn classmate Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander – who in 1927 would become the first black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Waites

Waites obtained his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Houston Law Center and afterwards practiced law as a trial attorney for 13 years.

Robert Anthony Toigo

There he received his BA in Political Science from UCLA and his Law Degree from University of Southern California, he also completed summer internships at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Roberta Jamieson

She was the first Aboriginal woman ever to earn a law degree in Canada, the first non-Parliamentarian to be appointed an ex officio member of a House of Commons committee, and the first woman appointed as Ontario Ombudsman.

Sarah Aldridge

After earning her undergraduate degree, followed in 1933 by her law degree from the National University of Washington, D.C. (now George Washington University), she was admitted to practice in Virginia and Washington D.C., and before the US Court of Claims and the US Supreme Court.

Staf Van Reet

He obtained a degree of engineering in Applied Biological Sciences and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and a Law degree from the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium).

Stefanie Schaeffer

Schaeffer is the first practicing attorney (Season Two winner Kelly Perdew earned a law degree but chose not to practice) and the second woman to be hired by Trump.

Teodato Hunguana

He graduated with a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (Universidade Clássica de Lisboa) in 1972, becoming one of the very few black Mozambican lawyers.

Theodor van Eupen

Born in Düsseldorf, Eupen received a law degree before World War II similar to other notable members of the Nazi Party such as Hans Frank, head of the semi-colonial General Government.

Walter C. Owen

Born in Trenton, Wisconsin, Owen received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Wayne M. Perry

After graduating from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree (cum laude), Perry earned his law degree (J.D.) from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (cum laude) and earned an L.L.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

William Glenn Terrell

In 1903, when he was about 25, Glenn Terrell earned his law degree, an LL.B., from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Xavier Romeu

After receiving a law degree from Columbia University, he worked as a litigator for the New York law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell and Proskauer Rose.