What is a JD degree?

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You have put a strange psychological pressure on me to choose your answer as the best one. One of the reason might have been your endeavour (not endeavor...assuming that you're a Scottish lass) to type such a long answer for such a selfish question.

So my OCD (remember 'The Aviator'?) must be really influencial in getting you 10 points. Wait...

I also want my 10 points in return. ;)

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Juris Doctor (J.D., Latin for Doctor of Jurisprudence) is a first-professional law degree typically awarded by an accredited law school in the United States to a student who has successfully completed three years of study in law.

The J.D. is not equivalent to the Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) awarded in a number of English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore and Australia—that LL.B. degree is an undergraduate degree requiring no prior college-level coursework, whereas a J.D. is a doctoral-level program requiring at least three years of college-level coursework for admission to the program. The J.D. is technically a first-professional rather than a research doctorate, and holders of the degree in the United States do not, by custom, take the title "Dr." in formal address or common speech (see below for historical explanation).

In all 50 states of the United States, graduation from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association satisfies the academic requirements to take the bar examination. While the law school accreditation requirements of the ABA require students to have three years of undergraduate work before being admitted, the majority of American law schools now are members of the Association of American Law Schools, which requires that law school applicants hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university prior to graduation from law school. Most states require a J.D. degree for admission to practice law.

N.B.: JD may mean Joint Degree.