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Loyola University’s website (http://www.luc.
edu/law/gls/programs.html) describes an
M.J. as follows: “The Master of Jurisprudence
(MJ) is a post-baccalaureate degree that allows professionals to enhance career related
skills through the study of the laws, governmental policy, and the legal system. This
degree is designed to infuse career based
knowledge with legal education.
qualify you to practice law or even to sit for
the bar exam. While both an M.J. and a J.D. require that you hold a bachelor’s degree prior
to application, and much of the course work
for an M.J. is similar to a J.D., that is where the
similarities end.
“Standard 308 of the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools states that an ABAapproved law school may not establish a
degree program other than its J.D. degree
program unless the school is fully approved,
and the additional degree program will not
detract from a law school’s ability to maintain
a sound J.D. degree program…The ABA does
not formally approve any program other than
the first degree in law (J.D.)…
Loyola offers this degree in the follow concentrations: business and corporate governance law, children’s law and policy, and
health law. Recipients of this degree have
professional experience in the fields of business, child and family services, and health
care.
Students are offered an opportunity to
become more effective in legal communication, to understand how the law relates and
impacts their particular career fields, and to
enhance their career opportunities as they
continue to grow and develop within their
respective industries.”
Professor Deborah McGregor, Director of the
M.J. Program at IU McKinney School of Law
(the first such program in the State of Indiana), advises that its program was designed
to assist those who believe that a better
knowledge of the law would be beneficial
in the business environments in which the
students presently work.
“The program was d
not want to practic
standing of the law
The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has adopted
a statement that no post-J.D. or other degree
program is a substitute for the J.D. and should
not