Tuesday, June 26, 2012

MEANING (Elaboration) of LL.B, LL.M, LL.D

An LL.B is the award of the degree of Bachelor of Laws. LL.B is a Latin word. It stands for ‘Legum Baccalaureus’, signifying 'Bachelor of Laws. In Latin abbreviations, the plural form of a word is indicated by doubling the letter- hence ‘LL.’ is short for Laws.



LL.M is Latin abbreviation for 'Legum Magister', signifying 'Master of Laws'.

LL.D is Latin abbreviation for 'Legum Doctor', signifying 'Doctor of Laws'.

1 comment:

  1. I didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool. I am also going to pursue LLB once I clear the LSAT next year. If you have some suggestions for me, please feel free to share. I am actually doing my Online LSAT Prep and I think that I’ll be ready for the exam in February next year.

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