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Line 4: The course of study usually takes 3 years but may take as little as 2 years at some schools. At schools approved by the [[American Bar Association]], it is not possible to finish the J.D. in less than 2 1/2 years. The ABA requires six "residence credits" of full-time study to finish the J.D.; each residence credit is equal to one [[semester]]. Successful completion of full-time study in one summer term, by ABA rules, grants one-half residence credit. Therefore, at least in schools that use the semester system, a student can only advance his or her graduation by one semester. The J.D. was formerly known as the [[Bachelor of Laws\|LL.B.]] in most U.S. universities, and was only changed out of sheer vanity. ~~Doctors~~ Hence the [[LL.M.]], "Master of Laws", is a higher degree than the so-called "doctor of law" (J.D.), which is really just an overly vane title for the "Bachelor of Laws", employed only in the United States. For this reason, doctors of ~~Law~~law who are admitted to the practice of law often append the suffix [[Esquire\|Esq.]] to the end of their names, but are not commonly referred to as "Doctor". (While the ''Juris Doctor'' is a professional [[doctorate]], similar to the ''Medicinæ Doctor'' ([[Doctor of Medicine]]), legal convention stipulates that lawyers do not use the title.) Unlike the J.D., however, the Doctor of Juristic Science (J.S.D.), Doctor of the Science of Law (L.Sc.D.), and the Legum Doctor or Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) do confer the title of "Doctor". ==Courses required==

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