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是美国JD,加拿大承认?还是加拿大LLB,英联邦承认?还是这两者都承认?谢谢指教~
Canada
The J.D. degree is becoming the dominant law degree in Canada, replacing the traditional LL.B. degree prominent in Commonwealth countries.
[88] As with the second-entry LL.B., in order to be admitted to a Juris Doctor program, applicants must have completed a minimum 3-year Bachelor's study and scored high on the North American
Law School Admission Test.
[89] As a practical matter, nearly all successful applicants have completed one or more degrees before admission to a Canadian law school.
[90] All Canadian Juris Doctor programs consist of three years, and have similar content in their mandatory first year courses. As with U.S. J.D. programs, such as that of the New York University Law School,
[91] the mandatory first year courses in Canadian law schools outside Quebec include "public" "constitutional" or "state" law, tort law, contract law, criminal law, and some sort of "professional practice" course.
[92] Beyond first year and the minimum requirements for graduation, course selection is elective with various concentrations such as business law, international law, natural resources law, criminal law, Aboriginal law, etc.
[93] After graduation from an accredited law school, each Province's law society requires completion of a bar examination, and a period of supervised "articling" prior to independent practice.
[94]
Use of the "J.D." designation by Canadian law schools is not intended to indicate an emphasis on American law, but rather to distinguish Canadian law degrees from English law degrees, which do not require prior undergraduate study nor offer practical legal training.
[76] The Canadian J.D. is a degree in Canadian Law. Accordingly, United States jurisdictions other than New York and Massachusetts,
[95] do not recognize Canadian Juris Doctor degrees automatically.
[96][97] This is equivalent to the manner in which United States J.D. graduates are treated in Canadian jurisdictions such as Ontario.
[98] To prepare graduates to practise in jurisdictions on both sides of the border, some pairs of law schools, such as the New York University (NYU) Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School,
[99] the University of Ottawa Law School and the Michigan State University Law School,
[100] and the University of Windsor Law School and the University of Detroit Mercy Law School,
[101] have developed joint American-Canadian J.D programs.
[edit] Quebec
The
Juris Doctor (J.D.) of North American Common Law offered by the
University of Montreal is no more a unique program in Quebec and Canada. In addition to University of Sherbrooke's one (
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/programmes/fac/droit/2e-cycle/diplomes/common-law)one, they are graduate programs that offers to
Quebec's Civil Law jurists training in Canadian and American
Common Law based on the comparison between the three systems of law. Therefore, the courses offered are not oriented towards the simple acquisition of basic knowledge of Canadian Common Law (often delivered during the first year of the Civil Law degree).
The J.D. has 11 courses (32 credits). Nine courses are required (26 credits of Block A), some of which are prerequisites to other courses the student wishes to enroll. In this sense, it is essential to follow the path established by the faculty. The choice of electives (6 credits Blocks B and C) is based on the student's personal goals: (1) if the student wants to enroll in the Bar of another province of Canada (for holders of a Quebec's LL.B. only); (2) if the student wants to enroll in a U.S. State Bar (for holders of a Quebec's LL.B. only); or (3) if the student wishes to acquire basic knowledge in all systems of law from a comparative approach.