Visit the Office for Institutional Diversity website to learn more and review the full policy. The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) is the highest degree in law. It is a doctorate degree designed ...

The J.D. is not the same as the S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science), a fairly uncommon degree granted to students who complete two additional years of legal study after receiving a J.D. or LL.B ...