Reply #32: Law profs still have JD's- not necessarily LLM's or JSD's [View All]

[depakid]

It used to be that LLM's were typically only granted for a few very specialized fields of study- like taxation.

Nowadays, LLM's are granted for a wider range of specialty subjects.

JSD type degrees (Juris Science Doctor) are fairly new and are basically for research, writing and public policy. Students today who want to teach law would probably want to go down this path- although I'd hazard a guess that most of the older faculty members don't have one and won't bother.