Editing Juris Doctor (section)

====Australia====
The traditional law degree in Australia is the undergraduate Bachelor of Laws ([[Bachelor of Laws#Australia|LLB]]). Beginning in the 2010s, many Australian universities now offer JD programs, including the country's best ranked universities (e.g. the [[University of New South Wales]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/future-students/unsw-jd |title=Unsw Jd &#124; Law |website=Law.unsw.edu.au |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428145223/http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/future-students/unsw-jd |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[University of Sydney]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sydney.edu.au/law/fstudent/jd/program.shtml |title=The Sydney Juris Doctor (JD) – Future Students – The University of Sydney |website=Sydney.edu.au |date=30 March 2017 |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220224339/http://sydney.edu.au/law/fstudent/jd/program.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Australian National University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.anu.edu.au/study/study-programs/anu-juris-doctor |title=The ANU Juris Doctor – ANU College of Law – ANU |website=Law.anu.edu.au |date=10 August 2015 |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=19 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419141757/https://law.anu.edu.au/study/study-programs/anu-juris-doctor |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[University of Melbourne]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.unimelb.edu.au/study/jd |title=The Melbourne JD (Juris Doctor) : Melbourne Law School |location=AU |website=Law.unimelb.edu.au |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411220702/http://law.unimelb.edu.au/study/jd |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Monash University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://monash.edu/pubs/2019handbooks/courses/L6005.html|title=Monash University Handbook|website=Monash University|access-date=10 June 2019|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027161717/https://www3.monash.edu/pubs/2019handbooks/courses/L6005.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Western Sydney University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/study/courses/postgraduate/juris-doctor|title=Western Sydney University - JD Course Information|website=westernsydney.edu.au|access-date=18 February 2024|archive-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218122710/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/study/courses/postgraduate/juris-doctor |url-status=live}}</ref>).

Generally, universities that offer the JD also offer the LLB, although at some universities, only the graduate-entry JD is offered. The University of Melbourne, for example, has phased out its undergraduate LLB program for a graduate JD one.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/a-decade-into-the-melbourne-model-young-graduates-give-their-assessment-20150930-gjxt3u.html |title=A decade into the Melbourne Model, young graduates give their assessment |website=Smh.com.au |date=4 October 2015 |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=7 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507111418/http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/a-decade-into-the-melbourne-model-young-graduates-give-their-assessment-20150930-gjxt3u.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

An Australian Juris Doctor consists of three years of full-time study, or the equivalent. The course varies across different universities, though all are obliged to teach the [[Priestley 11]] subjects per the requirements of state admissions boards in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au/qualifications-and-training/academic|title=Academic|first=Victorian Legal Admissions|last=Board|website=www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609000525/https://www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au/qualifications-and-training/academic|url-status=live}}</ref> JDs are considered equivalent to LLBs, and graduates must meet the same requirements to qualify, including undergoing a practical training.

On the [[Australian Qualifications Framework]], the Juris Doctor is classified as a "masters degree (extended)",<!-- note the official name for this class of qualifications does *not* include an apostrophe - see citations to the AQF in this paragraph --> with an exception having been granted to use the term "doctor" in the title (other such exceptions include Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dentistry and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine). It may not be described as a doctoral degree and holders may not use the title "doctor".<ref name="AQF titles">{{cite web|url=http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AQF-qualification-titles-PDF-2B3-1b.pdf|title=AQF qualification titles|publisher=Australian Qualifications Framework Council|access-date=16 September 2016|date=June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213104206/http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aqf-qualification-titles-pdf-2b3-1b.pdf|archive-date=13 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="AQF addendum">{{cite web|url=http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AQF-Addendum-2014.pdf|title=Addendum to AQF Second Edition January 2013: Amended Qualification Type: Masters Degree|access-date=16 September 2016|date=May 2014|publisher=Australian Qualifications Framework Council|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220022220/http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AQF-Addendum-2014.pdf|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>