law degree
34
3.0
- noun
- /lɔː dɪˈɡriː/
- 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
Loading YouTube…
Watch on YouTubeI 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
-
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.
-
I have a law degree and I passed the bar.
-
Where did you get your law degree?
-
I got my law degree from Yale Law School.
-
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.
-
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.
-
He earned his law degree from a prestigious university and hopes to start his own practice.
Synonyms
1
7.7
A higher law degree taken after a first law degree
1
7.0
A university degree given after study or to honour someone for important work in law
1
6.9
A higher university degree in law taken after a first degree in law to study a special area
1
5.7
A university degree in law usually studied for three years and often needed to become a lawyer
1
5.3
A first degree in law earned at university
1
9.4
An honorary law degree a university gives to honor someone
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'.