Dead EJD? Older article...

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Other than it being technically a doctorate, what is the practical difference between this and the MLS?  The MLS doesn’t come with the strange explanation of non-bar qualifying, and there are plenty out there now from perfectly good schools if 33k is in your price range for a degree that comes with more questions than it answers when listed on the CV.

Basically, it's for the school's bottom line:

Yet there is one need the EJD seems to fulfill: Enrollment in JD programs has fallen over the last decade, according to data from the nonprofit Law School Transparency. The financial pressure from that decline, according to the group, “has been relieved at some law schools by growth of non-JD programs, whether post-JD programs, masters-level programs aimed at nonlawyers, or certificate programs.”

Unless you believe this argument:

Pritikin defended the value of the EJD, saying while a law degree that doesn’t allow you to practice law “isn’t going to be what many prospective students are looking for,” it does fill a niche for people who “have very specific goals and have a real understanding of how having that next level of training can really help them either at their existing organization, or in their industry, or if they want to shift positions within their industry.” He cited such examples as people who want to become mediators, patent agents, or health care administrators.

“There is a gap between a master's and a JD that very few others are filling,” he said. “And we said, there may not be a massive market for it, but for those for whom it's right, we're glad that we can offer that option for them.”