Hello how are you today?
I'm great. Did you want to talk about law schools in the US? Law schools allow people to receive a professional degree in law.
I'm actually attending law school to become an attorney.
Wow! That's awesome. Are you trying to get your Juris Doctor degree?
Yes I am and actually my daughter just started law school and she is also trying to become an attorney.
That's the highest degree you need to practice law, so I am happy you're reaching for it. And your daughter too.
Thank you very much I'm very proud of her for going to school.
That's great. Is she going here in the US? The education here is very different than in other parts of the world.
Yes we live in Tennessee. Right now with the way the world is we need as many lawyers as we can get.
the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.
The role of the lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms.
Terminology.
In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer. As a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place. Some jurisdictions have two types of lawyers, barrister and solicitors, whilst others fuse the two. A barrister is
of Jurisprudence or Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Doctoral degree, the pursuit of which students undertake only after having completed an undergraduate degree in some other field (usually a bachelor's degree). The law school program is considered to be a professional school program and upon graduation you receive the distinct title of Doctor (although most states strictly regulate the ability of attorneys to style themselves "doctor").
Research degrees that are awarded include the Master of Laws (LL.M.), Doctor of Juridical Science degrees (J.S.D.