law degree
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- noun
- /lɔː dɪˈɡriː/
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- A law degree will do you no good if your health is ruined.
- get a law degree
- earned a law degree
- holds a law degree
I got my law degree from Yale Law School.
- I got my law degree from Yale Law School.
- He had earned a law degree and passed his CPA.
- It's indecipherable to people without a law degree.
- And then I decided to come to New York to finish my education and to get the law degree.
- So I went to law school to get a law degree so I could do mediation, other conflict resolution, and I practice family law.
- He, in fact, he has a a, a law degree from Brigham Young.
- And actually I know a YouTube who has just finished his law degree and is that he's a he's a full time lawyer.
- And my, my father ended up becoming a tax attorney, which meant that he had ACPA and a law degree.
Examples
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After college, I went for a law degree and then joined a small practice in the city.
Fiction book (1998) -
She earned a law degree at Beijing University, China's best law school.
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I have a law degree and I passed the bar.
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Where did you get your law degree?
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I got my law degree from Yale Law School.
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There are things to do with a law degree that don't include being a lawyer.
Blog text (5) -
At the time, I held a Ph.D. from Columbia University and a law degree from Rutgers University.
Academic text (2000) -
I have a position waiting for me at Hager, Danes and Upton when I get my law degree.
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Abrams is used to being the first the first African American girl to be valedictorian at her high school and got her law degree from Yale.
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He earned his law degree from a prestigious university and hopes to start his own practice.
Synonyms
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A higher law degree taken after a first law degree
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A university degree in law usually studied for three years and often needed to become a lawyer
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An honorary law degree a university gives to honor someone
A first degree in law earned at university
A higher university degree in law taken after a first degree in law to study a special area
A university degree given after study or to honour someone for important work in law
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an academic degree in law' is directly and compositionally derived from 'law' (the field of legal study) + 'degree' (an academic qualification). This noun+noun combination is a common, cross-linguistic pattern for naming qualifications, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Law degree may come from the old idea of a degree as a 'step' in learning. Universities used to give a formal step or rank when a student finished study, often shown by a special gown. That's why a law degree means the formal qualification you get after studying law, showing you can 'work as a lawyer'.