LL.B.
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of LL.B.
From Latin Lēgum Baccalaureus
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Husky John Brookes taught school in Washington for six years to put himself through George Washington University, left in 1913 with a gridiron reputation, an M. A. and LL.B. cum laude.
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Unlike the M.D. or the LL.B., the Ph.D. does not lead to any one profession, and therefore the time needed to earn it varies from school to school and field to field.
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And what Supreme Court law clerk was ever picked because he had a J.D. rather than an LL.B.?
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The sole present exception: Maryland Lawyer William Luke Marbury, an Amherst man but an LL.B. from Harvard Law School, who goes to Cambridge twice a month from his Baltimore home.
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I had begun correspondence studies for my LL.B., a bachelor of laws degree allowing one to practice as an advocate.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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